Thursday, November 29, 2018

Storage Issues: Cheap Hygrometers

It’s a good idea to spend a bit of money on these things if you really want to know about humidity.

Peace

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7 comments:

Cwyn said...

hygrometers?

November 30, 2018 at 12:33 AM
Matt said...

Cwyn N,

Yep... got it.

Peace

November 30, 2018 at 4:54 AM
TeaDB said...

Agreed. I find it surprising that some people storing a lot of tea still don't have these, considering the low cost. Just wrote about this for a future Things I Like & Don't Like column.

November 30, 2018 at 3:24 PM
Matt said...

Tea DB (James),

I prefer the idea of only using your own sense of taste, smell, sight, and feel to determine if more humidity is needed for each cake. I think Cwyn above does a lot of this. Living in other more hospitable climates, I used this more interactive method but in the harsh, extreme climate store my tea in currently, and with my lifestyle, I have no choice but to resort to these...

I just wish the cheap ones actually showed the right humidity, these were all stored in the same Mylar bag...

Look forward to your article.

Peace

November 30, 2018 at 8:29 PM
TeaDB said...

The look and feel test is fine, but there is real value in measuring temperature and humidity.

If it's an issue of accuracy.. You know you can calibrate them rather easily or can store them with something you know is calibrated to see if they are slightly inaccurate or way off.

https://www.famous-smoke.com/cigaradvisor/how-do-you-calibrate-a-hygrometer

November 30, 2018 at 8:38 PM
Matt said...

Tea DB,

I guess it’s weather you see puerh storage as a science or an art.

Thanks for that link... I’m going to get the salt...

Peace

November 30, 2018 at 10:56 PM
TeaDB said...

That is true enough! Cheers, -James

November 30, 2018 at 11:04 PM

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