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How to keep Pu'er tea? What are the best conditions for preservation of Pu'er tea

Pu'er tea has the value of collection and is called a drinkable antique. How can Pu'er tea be preserved? What are the best conditions for Pu'er tea preservation? Xiaobian brings you to understand the relevant knowledge.

Conditions for preservation of Pu'er tea:

1. Keep Pu'er tea away from high temperature

High temperature will accelerate the degradation of chlorophyll in Pu'er tea, and the chlorophyll will continue to transform to the demagneted chlorophyll. The bright green will turn dark brown, and the automatic oxidation of tea polyphenols and other substances will also accelerate under high temperature. According to the research, the browning speed of Pu'er tea will increase with the increase of temperature by 10 ℃, and the aging of tea is easy to affect the quality.

2. Store Pu'er tea away from direct sunlight

The plant pigments and lipids in Pu'er tea are prone to photochemical reactions, resulting in sun and other flavors. Pu'er tea is particularly sensitive to light, so store it away from direct sunlight.

3. Store Pu'er tea to avoid peculiar smell

Tea is a porous and loose body, which is very easy to absorb peculiar smell. Avoid the place where Pu'er tea is stored to have peculiar smell, which is easy to make Pu'er tea absorb peculiar smell and affect its essential taste. One of the key points of storing Pu'er tea is not to let the tea absorb the peculiar smell produced in the family. Every family always has one or another family mixed smell, such as cooking and eating fumes, washing products used for bathing and cleaning, and the temperature and humidity of toxic gases released from furniture.

Tea sucks the taste. Do not store Pu'er tea near the smelly or smelly space, such as toilet, kitchen, newly bought cabinet, etc.

4. Keep Pu'er tea away from moisture

Pu'er tea is a porous loose body, many substances are hydrophilic compounds, which are easy to absorb moisture and return to moisture. After returning to moisture, the water content of Pu'er tea increases. When the water content of Pu'er tea exceeds 8%, Pu'er tea will speed up its deterioration, and mildew will occur after breeding microorganisms. Keep in a cool and dry place.

5. Storage environment of Pu'er tea

Store in a warm, wet, aerobic and odor free space. If you want to make Pu'er tea of better quality, you don't have to buy it and put it home. You need to check Pu'er tea regularly and try to adjust the environment to the best state. In addition to the transformation degree, the inspection content should also check whether it is moldy or has insects. If there are any, they should be dealt with in time, so as not to be remedied after becoming serious.

If conditions permit, the environment should always be in the most appropriate state, such as adjusting the temperature and temperature. If there is no condition, at least ventilation should be provided to prevent tea from mildew. The key time is in humid weather, so we should be more careful in handling. Of course, this may not be so much in the north, but in the rainy season or 'back to the South' day in the South (that is, from winter to spring), the weather is very humid. At this time, we should pay special attention to that the air conditioner can be turned on, and ventilation can be carried out without air conditioning. Of course, ventilation here refers to It doesn't have to be completely open to let the natural wind blow. Our daily life experience tells us that if the humidity of the natural wind is too high, it will be more and more wet, and it can't be dry.

Purple sand container (pottery pot):

Purple sand utensils are always accompanied by tea. Usually we make tea, and the best tea utensils should also be purple sand tea utensils. The purple sand tea set has the characteristics of air permeability and better use. It is also the best container for storing Pu'er tea, but the cost of the purple sand VAT is higher now. If you think that the purple sand container is more expensive, you can use pottery. Compared with the purple sand container, it is very cheap, and the effect will be worse, but it is enough for ordinary collectors.

When using these containers, it is very important to clean the newly purchased containers. First, remove the pollution sources of the containers themselves. The method can be repeatedly cleaned with clear water and hot water, or with some low-grade tea boiling water, and then dried. After putting tea, you can also put some bamboo carbon in it, and then put tea. When you put tea, you can remove the shell of the bamboo shoot from the package (barrel package) of tea, and put it in the unit of cake (brick).

Carton:

For family personal tea collection, in fact, using cartons is the most practical way. Although the advantages of cartons for tea storage are not as good as the purple sand containers, their advantages are also very obvious. First, cartons are easy to get but free. Second, cartons are also convenient for storage at home, not taking up much space.

When collecting Pu'er tea in cartons, you should also pay attention to the peculiar smell of the cartons themselves, so the original use of the cartons you take back should be clear. If there is any peculiar smell, you'd better keep it for a period of time, and then store Pu'er tea after the peculiar smell disappears. It is recommended to store Pu'er tea in cartons only in pressed tea. For tea stored in cartons, it is recommended to store it in whole barrels instead of breaking it up. For those with only a few cakes, they can be sealed and put in paper letters first.

Storage details of Pu'er tea:

1. Go and buy some wooden frames or boards. The height of the wooden frame is 10 cm, and the stacking height of the boards is also 10 cm. Place the tea box on a wooden frame or board, and store it away from the ground and the wall.

2. Buy a few kilograms of charcoal, conditional buy bamboo charcoal, unconditional buy ordinary charcoal can. In the wet season every year, take half a kilogram as a share, divide the charcoal into several parts, and put them in different corners of the teahouse. After the wet season, take out the charcoal. When the weather is good, put the charcoal in the sun, seal it up, and use it again in the wet season next year.

3. In wet season, it is forbidden to open windows. When the wind is sunny, the windows shall be opened properly for ventilation. Try to avoid opening windows at night. In normal days, when it doesn't rain, every half month, on a sunny afternoon, open the window and ventilate for about half an hour. If it's summer, it's better to open the window in the morning or in the evening.

4. If it's an area with a long wet season every year, wrap the outside of the carton with fresh-keeping paper in the wet season every year to keep off moisture.

5. If it is in the north dry area, we can consider putting a few pots of water in the storage space to adjust the humidity. But pay attention to water change to avoid water odor.

The more aged and fragrant Pu'er tea is, the premise is to have a correct storage method. The essence of how to preserve Pu'er tea cake described in this paper can not be separated from three factors: circulating air, constant temperature and moderate humidity. These three factors are very important. I hope they can help you who like to collect Pu'er tea.