Time flies. Before you know its 2025. For me, it had been a mind boggling light speed adventure last year. I was in Norway and Denmark last September and was happy to see many smiling tourists doing their touristy duties in the cities.......but at the same time, a military war was being waged in their neighbouring countries. We are living in a strange new world.
Back to tea. To my readers, how is your aging and storing of your pu erh collection......how is your tea coming along? I would like to suggest a way to check on your tea storage.
You select a pu erh cake, break up into 6-7 pieces (about 30-50g), put the cake back in storage and take out a piece to drink every 2 years. Do remember to xin cha ( break up the tea and store in a tea caddy for 2-3 weeks) that piece before you try the tea. There would be no significant change in terms of taste and aroma of the tea in the first 5 years of storage. But sampling the tea would give you an inkling (too dry or wet) about the storage conditions of your tea. Yes, I believe that your pu erh tea will age with time. Without being too technical. your tea will age slowly if you are living in a temperate country than in a tropical region.
One of the difficult challenges of pu erh storage is time. Storing a tea for more than 10 years or more is challenging. It is a very long wait. I know many tea collectors giving up after a few years especially when they relocate or have a family. You must also have the space to store your tea. For a serious pu erh collector, you might own a few cartons worth of tea. This tea take up valuable real estate space in your home.......and once you start a family......priorities may change.
My advice if you want to store a pu erh tea. Max 2 cartons. Leave the boxes alone. Revisit the tea after 10-20 years. If the tea age well, you got nice tea to drink. I was lucky. Tea was much cheaper 20 years ago and I had ample space to store my tea.
I am thirsty. Time for tea.
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