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My take on the terms used for storage conditions:

Dry storage: on the dry end of the rage of conditions where peurh is typically stored. eg Kunming puerh is typically dry stored

Moderate storage: In between dry and wet storage. For teas that have seen some humidity but not enough to give them the characteristics of wet stored tea. I don't think the term "moderate storage" is all that common but I think it can be a helpful distinction.

Wet storage: on the wet end of the rage of conditions where peurh is typically stored. eg HK puerh is typically wet stored

Traditional storage: typically refers to the HK system of cellaring tea and airing it out. I try to always say "HK traditional storage" or better yet "HK cellar storage" to remove ambiguity around the "traditional".

Natural storage: implies the storage of the tea matches the expected local climate. Typically used to differentiate from "cellar storage" or "dry" storage.

[Location name] storage: states where the tea was stored and implies that the storage of the tea is as expected for the area. eg Kunming storage implies dry.

[Location name] Dry/moderate/wet storage: Either used to emphasize the local storage conditions (eg dry Kunming storage) or used to imply the tea is dry or wet relative to the local expectation (eg dry HK storage). The term dry HK storage can be a bit confusing because it is typically still wet stored relative to other locations. It is also not always the same as HK natural because some HK teas are stored in climate controlled warehouses.

It is also worth noting that teas sometimes get moved to different places or warehouse conditions so you can find teas with more complex multi stage storage histories. Wet then dry storage in particular can be an interesting combination.

>>19284639
>I've been working on expanding my tea storage
That is my problem. I got to figure out the best way to expand my tea storage long term as my collection grows. My 2 coolers are getting full and and I need to go buy more boveda packs. Despite this I am already planning out multiple tea orders.