How to Store Tea

Series Summary

Tea is characterized as the most mystical and healing of all the beverages. With the variety of flavors, tea seems to perfect drink for any occasion. As Chinese legend describes, tea originated by divine intervention. A legendary emperor was sitting in the grass sometime around 2737 B.C. As he was pondering about life, he drank a bowl of boiling water when all of a sudden leaves blew into his bowl. When he looked down, he noticed that the water had started to change color. The ever inquisitive and curious monarch took a sip of the brew and was pleasantly surprised by its flavor and its restorative properties. However, due to the desire that tea arouses, one creation myth can not possibly be enough to explain the beginnings of tea. Another legend claims that the founder of the Zen school of Buddhism discovered the beverage. Regardless of truth to these myths, tea has played a significant role in Asian culture for centuries as a staple beverage, a curative, and a symbol of status.

In this free video series, learn about the various types of tea. Let Nelson Drago illustrate the difference between green and black tea. He describes the various kinds of white teas, and he tells you why they are so expensive. Learn about Oolong tea and Rooibos tea. Nelson also show examples of the variation of earl grey tea. He even describes different tea pairing with meals. So, start learning about the diversity and benefits of tea today!

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Nelson Drago with Chado Tea Room in Los Angeles on behalf of Expert Village. In this clip we are going to talk about how to store tea, tea accessories and tea canisters. The best way to store tea is in a can. The shelf life of tea could be somewhere between 6 months to a year and if you keep it in a tin it's even better because it stores for a longer time. It also depends on how often you open and close your can. So these are some different cans over here which we have. There are some air tight cans, you just have to pick the one you like, the one that suits you. These are our new selection of cans which we have right here. Especially have some of them which are air tight. But or mostly commonly cans which I use at the Chado which are easy to use and easy to access to take out our tea. Another tea regular accessory would be electric tea kettles. Our electric tea kettles which you can use to boil water and it stops automatically when the temperature is about 211 or 212. So you really don't have to worry about switching it off, it has automatic on and off switch in it, so it continuously boils water for your tea."