Double-lidded canisters

Hi Lars, if that's what you want, then try here:

Besides, the best canisters for tea are those tin products, maybe you should also take them into consideration.

Why tin?

I have not found one such as you describe. However, I noted on that has a pump on top that is used to create a vacuum in the jar holding the tea! Seemed pretty clever to me, but what do I know. I drink Liptons and Red Rose teas.*G*

Leif snipped-for-privacy@corp.supernews.com5/16/04

Well, I was ignoring your discussion since I'm a great believer in ceramic as opposed to metal tea storage containers. But the vacuum pump thing primed my interest. Kindly tell me more. Thanks.

Michael

I have seen this jar in several hardware stores,

Very nice idea, but why do they make it in transparent plastic? Both coffee and tea should be protected against light as well as oxygen. Anyway, with a commercial grade or advanced home vacuum packing machine comes the possibility of vacuumsealing mason jars, eg.:

(I am not affiliated with Vacuvin or Foodsaver, neither do I own any of their products)

Michael, why do you feel ceramic jars are superior to metallic?

Lars

Lars I. MehlumZI2qc.82838$ snipped-for-privacy@juliett.dax.net5/17/04

I'm not sure. Maybe because I have more faith in the non-interactiveness of the glaze than the metal. Also, because I can wash ceramic without fear of oxidized metal. I the plastic would allow air flow-through, so I wouldn't buy their product. Not to mention the problem of transparency. If they made a vacuum system for a simple opaque ceramic canister, we'd have something great.

Michael

I can't find the website I had seen before. Here are two others that have a form of vacuum sealing.

Leif