Our new shilajit resin is stored in miron glass. Not everyone is familiar with this amazing material so we thought it would be useful to share with you some details.
At the end of this post we have a couple questions for you, if you’d be so kind to answer.
Although it looks black from the outside, miron glass is a violet glass. If you look at it with a light source behind it, you’ll be able to see this.
While it has only come into modern consciousness recently, first being produced in our modern age back in 1995, evidence suggests that violet glass was used by the ancient Egyptians as well as medieval alchemists to protect special herbs and materials.
When it comes to herbs there are a few natural things that can degrade their quality; light, air and heat.
For these reasons we recommend you keep your herbs sealed in their package and in a dark and cool cabinet. For most, there is no reason to refrigerate but a regular shelf will suffice. Our black bags help to keep the light out.
The most important thing for you to do is to keep the air out as much as possible. In some of the herbs we even add in an oxygen absorber to help with this.
While amber or cobalt glass (as is currently used in our pine pollen tinctures) are better than clear glass, violet glass is even better.
Clear glass lets in the entire light spectrum. Cobalt and amber glass block some of it.
Miron glass only allows in the violet color, as well as UV and infrared light.
What does this mean? Testing shows that it can dramatically improve the shelf life and potency of various products.
You can see what just two months of storage in the different jars did to these chives. Which one would you want to use?
Not only will these taste and smell better, but that also means more of the medicinal properties and nutrition is preserved.
Another test showed what seven months did to a cherry tomato.
As previously mentioned our new shilajit resin comes housed in miron glass. As an immortal substance this is likely one thing that doesn’t actually need it but we decided to go with it anyway because it also looks very cool.
So here’s the couple of questions for you. You can leave your answers in the comments below.
Would you be more or less likely to buy our herbs if more items came in miron glass? You’ve read about the benefits. However the drawbacks would be that this glass is not cheap, and shipping might be slightly more difficult/expensive too.
On the plus side, it’s great to re-use these jars when we have them.
Secondly, if we didn’t package most of products in violet glass, but we made available containers of different sizes to you to buy, which you could put your herbs in there yourself upon arrival, would that be of interested to you?
We appreciate your response.
Sources: Miron glass pictures and info from here.
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MaxMan says
Yes I would buy the herbs in the glass then re-use with future purchases. So still sell in bags.
Brian Yeatman says
I would prefer to be able to purchase the Myron glass jars in various sizes to store the herbs in. It would make it much easier to scoop out the individual doses. Storing the herbs in the jars would keep them fresher longer. Go for it!
Carlo says
I Do not mind the extra cost as long as it’s not too much. The different sized reusable jars would also be good. Questions for you Logan: I’m new to lost empire herbs and would like to purchase but live in Australia. To your knowledge, do all your products get through customs and secondly, my daughter is 8 months old, how old does someone have to be before they can start using these herbs?
cjack says
I have purchased shilajit from Ireland in miron and several other tinctures. However I do not see the need for it for bulk herbs – they don’t last that long. If you choose to store them on your end in miron, that would help preserve the potency. But even my 45 gram of shilajit resin does not last that long at 500mg to 1gm a day. That is 90 days on the outset. Pretty much nothing I buy from you in bulk lasts that long.
What happens to all the 45 and 90 gram miron jars I’ve had? One clue: I no longer have them.
Robert d.Jones says
I use mostly dark glass and a few in dark plastic to store my herbs. Sounds like a good Idea, but as long as I’m getting the great results from Lost Empire Herbs I’ll not bother using the Moron glass.
Dennis karamitros says
I would like to purchase these jars separately so I can store the herbs in them after purchasing them. I would rather it be optional that way in order to keep costs down.
Alan says
Yes, I would be interested in purchasing a set or two of moron glass bottles.
Geoffrey says
I think making the glasses available as a separate purchase but the first option of packaging the herbs is also enticing – perhaps you could have an option with current packaging, an option for herbs packed in the glass, and another option to purchase glass separately.
Billy says
Yes. Bags sometimes do not want to seal well
Ron says
What about both? Offer all of your products in your current packaging and in the glass containers as well.
Additionally, I think you could build more margin for yourselves into the product in the glass container. As it offers a higher value to me, the customer, you too should make more money per sale. Giving me the option to purchase a re-fill at a more reasonable cost and a tighter margin for you makes me happy to pay you extra for a higher value purchase should I want to do so.