Teabags

You're right. Loose leaf in my next home delivery!

I use loose leaf tea (Ceylon) at breakfast and Red Bush most other times. The RB loose leaves are very tiny and quite messy if any escape the spoon. DS has twice given me tins of tea bags at Christmas though now he uses nothing but loose leaf himself! They sit at the back of my worktop looking ornamental but rarely used.

This is why I buy teabags guaranteed free from plastic.

Me too Furret. Fully compostable.

the ethical consumer should anyone be interested.

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I'll take my chances with the teabags as I absolutely hate getting the tea leaf residue with my last drop of tea.

We went to visit a tea plantation in Sri Lanka. They told us that the quality tea is sold loose leaf and the ‘dust’ goes into tea bags.

toscalily

I'll take my chances with the teabags as I absolutely hate getting the tea leaf residue with my last drop of tea.

When I was a lass we used a tea strainer and left the last few drops in the teacup for fortune telling by the tea leaves..

As a matter of interest, which tea bags are plastic free?I was unaware of this.

I do occasionally use loose leaf and own two tea strainers but OH is the same and can't abide the bitty bit at the bottom even if I could predict the future with it.

What is the point of teabags?

Making a pot of tea is quicker, more convenient, less wasteful, less expensive, the tea is tastier and you get more tea for your leaves.

- and its such a nuisance having to cut them open to get the tea leaves out!

I usually make tea with leaves, but MrA will only make it with bags. We have Ringtons and the bags completely disappear after a few weeks in the compost heap.

However a few months ago I acquired a taste for lemon and ginger tea and bought some tea pigs brand. It wasn’t long before the little bags started being excreted at the bottom of my compost bins

I do think this sort of research should be put into context.
So we ingest x micro-particles of plastic with every cup of tea made with a bag.

How many do we ingest when we eat a piece of cheese, or cake, or ham that’s been wrapped in plastic or clingfilm? Or milk that comes in plastic bottles? I think that’s possibly more worrying.

This is true even of organic tea bags - not so organic as you might think.
I forgot to order tea bags so had to use a 2 year old pack of loose leaf tea. Certainly more economical and once you get used to quantities is good. I do have a special infuser insert tucked in the back of the cupboard so I don’t need a tea strainer.

My Grandad managed a tea garden in Assam. He was extremely scathing about tea bags! Just 'dust'.
He used to mix his own blend of loose leaf tea when he retired.

Your Grandad was an "expert" Jane10

Now I know that these days we are supposed to denigrate experts but I think that your grandad knew what he was talking about.

varian

What is the point of teabags?

Making a pot of tea is quicker, more convenient, less wasteful, less expensive, the tea is tastier and you get more tea for your leaves.

Agree Varian!

PG tips are plastic free according to the Ethical Shopper.

Phew!

We have bags but only for emergencies! We use loose leaf all the time and never get any residue because we use a strainer.

25Avalon

This is true even of organic tea bags - not so organic as you might think.
I forgot to order tea bags so had to use a 2 year old pack of loose leaf tea. Certainly more economical and once you get used to quantities is good. I do have a special infuser insert tucked in the back of the cupboard so I don’t need a tea strainer.

If by ‘this’ you mean micro plastics then that is inaccurate.

plastic free tea bags someone asked which. Here’s a list.

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Furret you are right. Thanks for that. My info was out of date.

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