How to Store Tea Properly? Our Tips to Preserve Aromas and Freshness

You've found your favourite tea and want to enjoy it for as long as possible? This article explains how to store your tea in the best conditions to preserve its aromas, freshness and benefits.

Why Proper Tea Storage is Essential

Tea is a delicate product. Stored improperly, it can lose its fragrance, flavours, or even spoil. Whether it's green tea, black tea, rooibos or fruit infusions, every variety deserves protection from external aggressors.

Tea's Enemies: What to Avoid

To ensure proper tea storage, it's important to avoid:

Moisture, which encourages mould

Heat, which degrades aromas

Light, which alters colour and taste

Air, responsible for oxidation

Strong odours, which tea absorbs very easily

5 Golden Rules for Proper Tea Storage

🔒 Choose a suitable container
The best option for storing your tea is an airtight tin. It must be tightly sealed, opaque and odour-free. For example, designs like the Amaya 150g tea tin, with its clean lines, or the Kyoko 150g tea tin, with delicate patterns, are perfect for storing your teas safely.

☁️ Avoid moisture
Keep your teas in a dry place, away from the sink, dishwasher or damp areas.

☀️ Protect from light
Choose a cupboard or opaque container to prevent deterioration from natural or artificial light.

🌡️ Store at room temperature
Avoid heat sources (oven, radiator) and temperature fluctuations.

👃 Keep away from odours
Don't store your teas near spices, coffee or household products: they'll absorb the aromas.

Loose Leaf or Tea Bags: What Precautions?

Each type of tea requires special care to preserve its taste qualities.

Loose leaf tea must be stored in a properly sealed container, protected from air, light and moisture. As its leaves are more exposed, it's more sensitive to oxidation.

Tea bags, including our compostable tea bags, offer convenient packaging. Nevertheless, they also require careful storage, in a dry place protected from strong odours.

What About Matcha?

Matcha is a very fine green tea powder, and therefore particularly fragile. It's sensitive to light, moisture and especially air, which can quickly alter its flavour and properties. To store it properly:

Use an opaque airtight container

Store it in a cool, dry place

For maximum freshness, you can place it in the refrigerator (in a perfectly sealed container)

How Long Can You Store Tea?

Here's an estimate of optimal storage periods, assuming proper conditions:

💡 If the fragrance fades or the appearance of the leaves changes, your tea has probably passed its optimal period.

In Summary: Proper Tea Storage Extends

the Pleasure

By adopting these simple practices, you guarantee an optimal tasting experience right to the last cup. Good tea deserves good storage — and a beautiful tin never hurts!

Further reading: everything you need to know about green tea | Pu-erh, a tea that improves with age.

Further reading: everything you need to know about green tea | Pu-erh, a tea that improves with age.