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Bad idea to leave boveda packs sitting on tea leaves?
Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2020 11:53 pm
by 26uk
Just in case it's a bad idea, thought I would ask. Other than crushing some leaves, any other possible negative effects?
Re: Bad idea to leave boveda packs sitting on tea leaves?
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2020 1:43 am
by pedant
i think it's fine
Re: Bad idea to leave boveda packs sitting on tea leaves?
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2020 4:47 am
by Balthazar
The packs are supposed to be fully food safe (including the thickening agent and the exterior paper), so the only real risk I see is that you somehow manage to get a hole in the pack (without noticing) and have the contents leaking out, spoiling your tea. I wouldn't worry about it.
That being said, I usually keep a thin layer of plastic between my cakes/bricks (I don't have any loose leaf tea stored in a controlled humidity environment) and the Boveda packs. It's more of a "why not" than anything else.
Re: Bad idea to leave boveda packs sitting on tea leaves?
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2020 5:13 am
by 26uk
Thanks. Ill see about a failsafe in case if leaks.
Re: Bad idea to leave boveda packs sitting on tea leaves?
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2020 8:38 am
by mrmopu
pedant wrote: ↑Sun Dec 20, 2020 1:43 am
i think it's fine
I agree that there should be no issue.
Re: Bad idea to leave boveda packs sitting on tea leaves?
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2020 12:34 pm
by Ethan Kurland
People leave them directly on cigars all the time causing no problems.
Re: Bad idea to leave boveda packs sitting on tea leaves?
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2020 1:59 pm
by pedant
btw
@26uk, i moved this from
Teaware > Display & Storage
to
Tea > Storage & Organization