Black Tea Storage

stable for one to two years; not an aging tea This guide says which red to age and which to drink now.

What it does is fade. The brisk, malty or cocoa-ish top note goes first, then the liquor thins, and what is left tastes flat and slightly woody.

Red tea, the category most of the English speaking world calls black tea, wants cool and dry.

Short-term storage for red tea means keeping it tasting like itself for as long as possible. Red tea is fully oxidized, so there is nothing left to transform.

The setup that works for red tea is a sealed opaque tin, in a cupboard, holding what you will drink in three to six months.

Red tea is fully oxidized, so it is the most forgiving category here. It rarely moulds and it does not need humidity for anything.