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- Fri Feb 16, 2018 3:45 pm
- Forum: Storage & Organization
- Topic: Pumidor discussion
- Replies: 86
- Views: 53515
Re: Pumidor discussion
I use teacups to store <25g quantities of broken up tea. Should you ideally be using some kind of mesh teacup, since it may be hard for the humidity to get to the tea if there's only one opening on the top? Nope. That's not how diffusion works. It could be a pinhole and the same thing would happen,...
- Fri Feb 16, 2018 11:43 am
- Forum: Storage & Organization
- Topic: Pumidor discussion
- Replies: 86
- Views: 53515
Re: Pumidor discussion
I don't know anything about pumidors (yet!) but it seems like 31C seems like it would be pretty hot for the kind of artificial devices we're trying to create, even if that's what its like in Yunnan. I am not surprised that there is mold growing. Why not lower the temp by 10F? I'm intentionally tryi...
- Thu Feb 15, 2018 10:09 pm
- Forum: Storage & Organization
- Topic: Pumidor discussion
- Replies: 86
- Views: 53515
Re: Purchasing a pre-built pumidor?
-snip- I can't give you any reliable information of what's safe, not least of which because my conditions (31degC, 70%rh) have proven to support mold growth - last week I noticed the finest speck of "frosting" on a tuocha that was living in the minifridge door. I suspect that the reason is a combin...
- Thu Feb 15, 2018 9:20 pm
- Forum: Storage & Organization
- Topic: Pumidor discussion
- Replies: 86
- Views: 53515
Re: Purchasing a pre-built pumidor?
You also have to consider absolute humidity. Relative humidity of 70% at 60° is not the same as the same RH at 80°. The hotter the temp the more moisture it can hold so 70RH at 80° will have a higher absolute humidity than at 60°, which is why hot and humid is good for aging cakes quickly. Do you t...
- Wed Feb 14, 2018 6:40 pm
- Forum: Storage & Organization
- Topic: Pumidor discussion
- Replies: 86
- Views: 53515
- Tue Feb 13, 2018 11:26 pm
- Forum: Storage & Organization
- Topic: PuLogger - Cheap DIY monitoring and control for pumidors.
- Replies: 16
- Views: 14587
Re: PuLogger - Cheap DIY monitoring and control for pumidors.
Great success. Code is complete for the desktop unit, and everything is cleaned up nicely.
- Tue Feb 13, 2018 2:25 pm
- Forum: Storage & Organization
- Topic: Aging puerh: what is your setup?
- Replies: 147
- Views: 133243
Re: Aging puerh: what is your setup?
Cheers!
Left is a saturated saline-pack with a wick, to control humidity to 75%.
Right is a canning jar filled with water and heating elements. The elements are rubber-smelling $1 AliX pickups, so I need to isolate them from the environment so they don't stink out my tea.
- Mon Feb 12, 2018 12:41 pm
- Forum: Storage & Organization
- Topic: PuLogger - Cheap DIY monitoring and control for pumidors.
- Replies: 16
- Views: 14587
Re: PuLogger - Cheap DIY monitoring and control for pumidors.
Thanks, I appreciate it! I am (was) an HVAC/SCADA tech, so I've got a reasonable handle on the stuff I'm currently trying to do with it, but if you have any ideas or see something that could be done better, sing out for sure!
EDIT: So I can find it later, https://www.pcbway.com/
- Mon Feb 12, 2018 3:05 am
- Forum: Storage & Organization
- Topic: PuLogger - Cheap DIY monitoring and control for pumidors.
- Replies: 16
- Views: 14587
Re: PuLogger - Cheap DIY monitoring and control for pumidors.
Minor update: Everything's working now, active heating/humidity control is implemented and working perfectly. Temperature is controlled to within 0.1degC and humidity recovers very quickly after the door is opened/closed, at which point the fan will shut off I've also put a desktop receiver together...
- Sat Feb 10, 2018 7:16 pm
- Forum: China & Taiwan
- Topic: A crack in the teapot
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6736
Re: A crack in the teapot
99% sure that's a tool-mark, not a crack.
I suspect that if you get a fingernail or toothpick and swipe across it towards the centre of the base, it'll catch on a little lip on the innermost side of the "crack".
I suspect that if you get a fingernail or toothpick and swipe across it towards the centre of the base, it'll catch on a little lip on the innermost side of the "crack".
- Sat Feb 10, 2018 12:36 am
- Forum: Storage & Organization
- Topic: Aging puerh: what is your setup?
- Replies: 147
- Views: 133243
Re: Aging puerh: what is your setup?
Today was a good day. Still waiting on some DC/DC converters so I can power it from the 12V supply and lose the USB cable. https://i.imgur.com/RExdq1c.jpg Eventually I'll make these door shelves usable for samples/tuocha/small cakes. https://i.imgur.com/4jJRRtB.jpg Active heating and humidity contro...
- Fri Feb 09, 2018 2:49 pm
- Forum: Archived Swaps
- Topic: Tachi Masaki Banko-Yaki Kyusu + 2 cups. ($140)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3898
Re: Tachi Masaki Banko-Yaki Kyusu + 2 cups. ($140)
Offers considered.
- Mon Feb 05, 2018 12:05 am
- Forum: Archived Swaps
- Topic: Selling Crimson Lotus Shou
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4438
Re: Selling Crimson Lotus Shou
I'll bite.
PM me with details on how you want to handle it?
PM me with details on how you want to handle it?
- Mon Feb 05, 2018 12:03 am
- Forum: Vendor Discussion & Recommendation
- Topic: Must try puer from TeaUrchin?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2536
Re: Must try puer from TeaUrchin?
2014 Bulang Beauty is great.
- Thu Jan 25, 2018 9:22 pm
- Forum: Archived Swaps
- Topic: Teacups - funky glazes, 1 douli.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4555
Re: Teacups - funky glazes, 1 douli.
35ml to the uppermost bright-blue line.
40ml is the practical max