storing spices

 I buy very good quality spices from a small ethnic grocery store. The
spices come in small pouches made of cellophane that fall apart when you
open them. I would like to store them in small containers that I could
reseal and that would keep the spices' flavor until needed. I realize
that spices get stale quite fast, but still I would like to keep them
for a reasonable period of time.  

Any suggestions? Thank you.

 
We  save glass jars (jam, mayonnaise, peanut butter, etc.), particularly
those with metal tops, for food storage; they come in various sizes  and
after a while we had all we could need.

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 Jack Ricci wrote:

I keep all my spices (in spice jars and packets) in the freezer. They
remain fresh so much longer. The very worst place you can keep spices is
near the hot, humid stove. Yet you see people do that time and again.
I love the spices from Penzeys- www.penzeys.com

 I have very good luck with buying fresh dill, and freezing it in a bag for
later use. It tastes just like the fresh, and dried is really pretty
useless. Dill is good in chicken soup, sprinkled on potatoes and on fish.

Technically, dill is an herb and not a spice, but so what?

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Glass jars are great storing. We you don't have any old used empty
jars,
I like to use different size canning jars, their seal is very good.
Also storing the
spices in a cool place keeps them freasher, not necessary to put them
in the
freezer but may be the refrigerator, I just store mine in a cupboard
away from the stove.