I'm currently selling my last tin of Pease's Raven's Wing, and noticed these small reddish dots that had started to form on the label. I dismissed them. . . until this morning, when it occurred to me -- duh! -- that they could be indicating rust underneath. So I removed a small portion of the label and, yes, the exterior of the tin is rusting beneath the label. I don't want to test the rusted patch too much, but it doesn't seem to have passed through the tin completely (yet).
I have never encountered rust like this on a tin before -- certainly not on one that's been cellared in a dry space for the last nine years. So I'm curious: Since the label has never been wet, and the rust is forming beneath the label, does that indicate that it actually began rusting from inside the tin? I know some of the Pease blends are shipped quite moist -- I've even had one tin of Bohemian Scandal mold on me after I opened it -- so I'm wondering if that's the cause.
I'm baffled. And I'm also suddenly concerned about the 80+ Pease tins (2oz., 8oz., and 1lb.) sitting in the cellar. . .
Thoughts?
Bob
I have never encountered rust like this on a tin before -- certainly not on one that's been cellared in a dry space for the last nine years. So I'm curious: Since the label has never been wet, and the rust is forming beneath the label, does that indicate that it actually began rusting from inside the tin? I know some of the Pease blends are shipped quite moist -- I've even had one tin of Bohemian Scandal mold on me after I opened it -- so I'm wondering if that's the cause.
I'm baffled. And I'm also suddenly concerned about the 80+ Pease tins (2oz., 8oz., and 1lb.) sitting in the cellar. . .
Thoughts?
Bob