A tea tin is a container for storing tea leaves. When tea was introduced to Europe from Asia, it was extremely expensive and kept under a key. The containers used are often expensive and decorative to fit the rest of the living room or other reception room. The word is believed to be derived from per jin, which is approximately equal to one jin and the third constant weight. The earliest example to Europe is Chinese porcelain, which is similar in shape to a ginger jar. They have Chinese-style lids or stoppers, and are most commonly blue and white. They weren't called tea crates until about 1800. With the increased use of tea tins, different containers for green and black tea are no longer available, and wooden tea cabinets or tea cups with lids and locks are divided into two, usually three, parts. In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, caddies made of mahogany and rosewood were popular.

The material of purple sand tea tin is a porous material, which is very breathable, and the air in the holes can be adjusted according to the temperature change. It is used to store tea, not only to keep the tea fresh, but also to eliminate the peculiar smell in the tea. The only downside is that the purple sand tea cans easily absorb the aroma of the tea leaves. Although wooden tea tin is simple in workmanship, it has good sealing performance and a relatively favorable price. It is suitable for ordinary households to store tea. The disadvantage of wooden tea tins is that it has low moisture resistance. It is recommended to pay attention. Paper tea tin has average sealing performance, good air permeability and low price. It is suitable for storing tea that needs to be fermented. If it is stored, it is recommended to drink it in a short time, and the moisture resistance of paper is not good, so it is not recommended to store precious tea.

Stainless steel tea tin has beautiful appearance, good sealing performance, good moisture resistance and light resistance, and moderate price, which is suitable for the choice of consumers. Tin tea tin is the most high-grade tea tin on the market. Tin is non-toxic and harmless. It is widely used in the food industry. Bamboo tea tin itself is very green and environmentally friendly, and it is generally more breathable, which leads to moisture being easily stored in the jar, and the price is relatively cheap. It is used to store some low-grade tea, and it is recommended to drink it in a short time. The pottery tea tin is environmentally friendly and healthy, and is breathable and moisture-proof. It is more suitable for storing some teas that have changed in the later period, such as old oolong and Pu'er. Because ceramic products are fragile, be careful in use. Glass tea tin has only become popular in modern times. Glass tea tins are well sealed, moisture-proof and waterproof, and green and healthy. However, due to the good light transmittance of glass, it is not very good for tea leaves that need to be stored in a dark environment.

Good tea is not easy to come by, and good tea should be drunk slowly. Therefore, good tea must be properly preserved. Owning a good tea pot is the beginning of tea life, and storing the fragrance of tea also preserves the years. Many tea lovers should have experienced that it is not so easy to find a few good teas that they like; and when they are finally found, they are faced with the problem of how to preserve them. Only by choosing a suitable tea container to store the good tea you love, will you not be able to live up to the efforts you made in finding tea. Therefore, whether a tea container is good or not, needless to say the workmanship, this is the most basic requirement and the most basic quality check. On top of this, we say that a good tea storage container is a container suitable for storing your own good tea. Generally speaking, tea tin has good sealing performance, and has good moisture-proof, light-proof, odor-proof and oxidation-proof performance. Such tea tin is a good utensil for storing tea leaves.