Inexpensive tins, cans, canisters etc. for oolongs, keemuns, and reds.....

I saw a recommendation somewhere (teachat, I think) for specialty bottle. The big advantage is that they are very cheap. Shipping works out to about $10 flat rate, and the stuff I ordered from them came pretty fast.

They have a number of (food grade) tin containers that might work:

The first page has a special "tea" container.

I'm not quite sure if the seal on the rest is as tight as might really be ideal (a second lid would be the best) - I ordered some and have been relatively happy with them, though. Haven't used the special "tea" tins yet, but I imagine those will work pretty well.

You can buy some better / tighter ones (often with a double lid) from tea shops (brick and mortar or online) or asian markets, but they'll probably be more in the $3-8 each range.

I love the bee-house canisters, but they are a bit expensive if you need a ton of them. You might be able to get away with packaging multiple samples in their own bags in a single canister.

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