Reddit mentions: The best food tins

You don't need much to get started with loose leaf tea. My set-up at work consists of the hot water dispenser on the coffee machine, a rather typical travel mug, and this bad boy from B^3..

Outside of that, the other wares I have consist mostly of things you'd find in just about any kitchen (a teapot, spoons...you get the idea).

The only other thing I've bought for the habit is my growing collection of tea tins. That's something you'll see in any tea-lovers cabinet, as loose leaf comes in bags which bring with them an array of disadvantages when it comes to storing tea and keeping it fresh for as long as possible.

You don't need anything fancy for tea tins, either. I've never spent more than 5 dollars for a single tin, most of them I've bought for 3. A cursory search of Amazon brings up this set of 3 for 9 bucks.

Of course, the most important part: The tea!

Every tea lover who really does have an appreciation for the taste will, at some point, eschew tea bags altogether. Tea bags typically contain bottom-of-the-barrel (quite literally) tea that provides a mediocre experience and is best reserved for those who prefer to turn their tea into sugar water rather than those who truly love the taste of a good brew (that's not to say that there is never a time to add milk or sweetener to tea, though...you just have to be very deliberate about it, and you should always try the tea first and get an idea of the flavor profile, and what, if any, additions will help to bring out more of the profile).

Around here, you will see a lot of love for Adagio teas. They are a great online source for tea of all types, you can find good cheap daily brews and the fanciest, special-occasion, 20-dollar-an-ounce tea as well. They also have reputable customer service.

Republic of Tea is another contender for a good online presence, but they do have a quite a bit of questionable-quality teas, and they are a bit more expensive than Adagio from what I've seen. If you go there, it's best to do so as an educated buyer with a good idea of what you're looking for. They rarely "feature" their best teas, but then no one really does that. The thing about REALLY good tea is that the profit margin on it is razor thin, so you usually need to do a little exploring to find it.

Teavana is another place you will hear about from time to time, usually in the context of severe disdain. They are wildly overpriced, and stories of questionable business practices have permanently marred any reputation that they ever had. Most r/tea subscribers will vehemently tell you to avoid them, myself included.

The best place to buy tea though, unfortunately is not available to everyone: It's at a locally owned specialtea (sorry) shop. They are owned and operated by people who live and breathe tea. Most will create their own blends which you simply can't find anywhere else, and are incredible. Also, they are a great place for buying high-quality estate teas.

One other thing you should know: Higher quality loose-leaf tea will resteep a few times while holding up its flavor rather well. In fact, some teas (particularly white teas) don't even really open up until the 2nd and third steeps. To this end, you will actually find that your habit of buying 10-dollar-an-ounce tea and drinking it daily isn't as impractical and unaffordable as it would ostensibly seem.

My advice to all tea drinkers: Try a lot of teas. I keep a "daily drinker" (a white ceylon) on hand at all times, but I always have a rotating stock of fun blends and exotic estate teas. It makes it a lot of fun, even if it also makes you seem a bit weird to people who don't drink tea:)

Looks like a pretty good list. Many of those exact things we purchased without using a list and we use them every time we go out but we did things the opposite way.
It was very hard (Costco member here), but we bought our RV first --> then bought things as we went along. The first time we took out the RV we camped about 5 miles from the house. We loaded the RV with all of the camping things we already had; we bought nothing new at all except food, (we threw in some ice cream since we considered it a lux to have ice cream while camping). We made a good list of things we needed while we camped as we went along that first trip. I did have to run to the house to get a few missing items, I don't see how anyone could not forget some crucial item the first time camping in an RV (tongs). After that first trip, once we "transitioned" from tent camping to RV camping, it was on. It was death by a thousand razors. Amazon had a stop at our house almost every day for a couple of weeks. Looking on this subreddit and others, my list began to grow.
One thing that really helped out was this post from u/pjjtlc. It was one of the first threads I read on this sub and it really helped me. https://www.reddit.com/r/GoRVing/comments/6igjwk/trip_report_1500_miles_for_our_second_trip_with/
We ended up waiting on a few big-ticket-ish things like the generator. Until we knew what we wanted. We did't buy one until we needed it (ECLIPSE 2017!). We ended up with a "hybrid" generator - the Champion Hybrid 100302. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1yGsFjKoO4&t=165s). It's not the quietest, but it does a great job of powering our larger AC unit.

There are a couple of things on the list I don't have that I wish I had (tire pressure gauges), and there are some things on there I don't think I would ever need like circuit readers and the tool sets. I just bring my own tools I already have. 85% of that list I own and use every time we have gone camping.

Also, for the spices, we went with this - https://www.amazon.com/12-Tins-Talented-Set-Refrigerator/dp/B01FY69CPS/ref=sr_1_4?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1506637758&sr=1-4&keywords=magnetic+spice+tins

• Also, we use an app such as "Wunderlist" to create going-out, and coming-in lists to make sure we grab everything and secure everything. There are thousands of pieces to an RV trip. In our case, as many others have said before the wife does the inside stuff I do the outside stuff - generally. There is a little bit of cross-over and unfortunately, that doesn't include the poop shoots.
  
  TLDR: That is a good starting out list; hold off on a lot of things until you know exactly what you want and what you need.

What are you looking to spend? Did you check ebay? I found these, but they might be much too small/cost too much.
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Maybe these?

You might just have to keep an eye out at places like eBay, Craigslist, Goodwill, garage sales, etc until you find ones that you like/are the right price/are the right size. If you don't need too many and have enough time it wouldn't be too bad!

PS Maybe you could get something like these and decorate them yourself with fabric! You can just find a fabric you like, cover the tin with it and cover it with Mod Podge. Then they could be more customized to your colors too.

PPS Also found these

PPPS Also maybe these or these from IKEA?

PPPPS Maybe also this one or these plain black ones--$1.00 or $2.00

I'd recommend to get her something tea-related, rather than actual tea. It's always iffy getting someone something they're guaranteed to have strong opinions about. Maybe some nice tea canisters (1, 2, 3, 4) if she drinks loose tea, or a tea chest if she mostly uses tea bags?

The problem with asking us is we're likely to try steering you towards the ever-more-involved and obsessive brewing methods and fine teas we enjoy, which may or may not be what she likes. :-)

I like to use tea storage canisters for my foods. They're like these: https://www.amazon.com/leyoubei-Kitchen-Storage-Containers-Colorful/dp/B06XFVCQ99/

Sometimes I get them free at work and they are great and airtight.

Magnetic spice jars!

They're amazing. Just stick em on the side of your refrigerator.

They come with tons of labels for the spices too. I got a pack of 12 as a gift and they've been awesome. I'm going to get more.

It depends on how many kinds you have, and how much of each you usually keep.

A few dozen of these tins, a few stackable shelves, and a good labeler is all you really need. Personally I'd recommend keeping to one single size (8 oz in my case) for easy stacking, and arranged alphabetically.

Posted elsewhere, apologies in advance for list and links (prices may change throughout the day): The coolest things so far for us:

 


Mini glass bowls for coins, cubes, resources, glass beads, during play, set of 4/$7.
A set of 8 for $12.

 

Homemade oak wooden card holders for any game really for $7

 

Homemade oak wooden deck draw/discard holder for any game really for $10.

 

Tea Tins -great holders for game resources, we use these for TtR for $12

 

[2"x3" plastic bags for components for any game really for 500/$5]
(https://www.amazon.com/Beadaholique-Count-Resealable-Zipper-3-Inch/dp/B00AFRWKRO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1485193857&sr=8-1&keywords=Small+plastic+bags).

 

Metal Asian coins for Tokaido, At the Gates of Loyang, etc for $5.

 

Metal Coins for any game that requires coins for $20
better picture: http://m.imgur.com/WzTalef.

 

Glass gemstones for Splendor, Karuba, etc for $15.

 


Deck box for card games like San Juan, Koi Pond, etc for $4.

1. mug that changes colors
   
2. my favorite drink is roasted green tea, also known as Hojicha
   
3. "tea is always a good idea" - me everyday
   
4. a tea storage container for the many loose leaf teas i have
   
   ENJOY MORE TEA also check out /r/tea

I use a canister like the one in front (except it's white) I found it at Target on clearance a while back. http://www.amazon.com/Anchor-Collection-4-Piece-Ceramic-Canister/dp/B0030IMF8E/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&qid=1344132666&sr=8-12&keywords=coffee+canister

but these are very nice options as well

http://www.amazon.com/Tightvac-Coffeevac-Black-1-85-Liter-1-6-Quart/dp/B0046JB136/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1344132666&sr=8-4&keywords=coffee+canister

and

http://www.amazon.com/Friis-16-Ounce-Coffee-Vault-Stainless/dp/B001V9VDP0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1344132666&sr=8-1&keywords=coffee+canister

These can be had in just about any quantity. (Obviously not from Amazon, but I just found this as an example.)

They're 8 oz, so you can fill half full, still have plenty of room for soap, and they fit nicely into small flat-rate package.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EEABVV4/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_EInMub1M5S8ZC

Sure magnetic spice containers. I’ve had these for a couple months now and they work great, even with daily use.

My girlfriend actually got it for my birthday yesterday! It is actually awesome because I had all this tea from teavivre, harney and sons, adagio, octavia, and teavana that are in bags and now I have somewhere to store it.

I asked my girlfriend and here is the link (she didn't really want me to see it, but I always try to help out a fellow r/tea.

Just be aware that they are not that big. They can only hold ~4 ounces of tea depending on the tea you are buying. The bigger ones you see came from teavivre and teavana.

Not 100% sure these are the same tins, but they look awfully similar: Amazon

But ...it's probably better to just check amazon for Magnetic Spice Tins and find something that suits your own needs.

They also sell them in store at all of the places you'd think they'd sell them.. Bed Bath and Beyond, World Market, Ikea (I think I saw them there?), etc.

I'm not sure, maybe these http://www.amazon.com/SpiceCubed-Empty-Tin-JUMBO-PACK/dp/B006R7FPXM

Cool teapot :)

I didn't realize the magnet on these is on the bottom of the tin.


I'm not so confident in the quality of the tin (they stick a bit...) but they've freed up a drawer since I can stick them on my fridge. https://www.amazon.com/12-Tins-Talented-Containers-Refrigerator/dp/B01FY69CPS/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=spice+tins&qid=1569615735&sr=8-4

I was given these as a present but i found These at Amazonia. I hope this helps.

They're 12 for $15 on Amazon. 99-cent stores might have magnets. A craft store surely would. Amazon also has them.

I found a ceramic canister with a clamp top lid similar to this at goodwill a while back. Before that I had been using a glass jar which I knew was bad for light reasons. I do end up leaving quite a bit of beans in their original bags on the counter though, so I can remember what they are and when they were roasted.

Like pretty much everything else, light and oxygen will degrade coffee so just use something which can mitigate that.

When you find it share it. The world needs this.

Edit: Amazon baby

Dean Jacob's Parmesan Bread Dipping Tin - Pack of 3 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KPWZ0RQ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_b.H0Cb32T073X

I'm assuming you mean the round metal ones? Those are pretty common, we probably got them from Bed Bath and Beyond with a coupon but this is the same thing 12 Storage Magnet Spice Containers with Wall Plates

I'm not sure it is really necessary to vacuum seal your beans. The main requirements you are looking for are:

1. Airtight
   
   
2. Dark
   
   
3. Dry
   
   
4. Room temperature
   
   
   I use one of these and my beans seem to stay fresh for a reasonable amount of time.

I use some steel tins I found on Amazon and color-coded stickers on the lids to identify what's inside each.

These

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B006R7FPXM?pc_redir=T1&redirect=true

I just store mine in the container that it came in (tins for the loose leaf). I looked on Amazon and found these tins that seal the air in.

Anyways, hope you find what you are looking for.

edit: used the wrong link