"We show that steeping a single plastic teabag at brewing temperature (95 °C) releases approximately 11.6 billion microplastics and 3.1 billion nanoplastics into a single cup of the beverage." https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.9b02540
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They claim: "Completely free of polypropylene. Sealed with PLA a bio-material from non-GM plant materialCompletely free of polypropylene. Sealed with PLA a bio-material from non-GM plant material"
They do which is why I've used them since I first came across them years ago. I presume this is a "good thing". Unbleached bags means my tea doesn't taste of swimming pool water. We use loose leaf too
I tend to use loose leaf tea at home (the leaves also compost well). Although I'm more of a coffee fan I have found in recent years that it's fun to blend different types of leaf. The joys of experimentation!
Thanks! But as I'm not located in the UK, Clipper is extremely expensive.
Most teas where I live are sold loose. Tea bag teas I currently have are Republic of Tea and Celestial Seasonings - come in paper packets without a string and always have.
In Yorkshire people still use "mashed" for brewed (ready to drink). See OED: Middle High German meisch mash (in brewing), must (in winemaking) (German Maische), Icelandic †meiskur brew, mixture (16th cent.), Norwegian mask mash, Swedish mäsk mash, wort, draff, Danish mask draff, mæsk mash
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Even better, buy loose leaf-tea and brew it in a teapot.
This is not a new technology.
https://www.clipper-teas.com/tea-talk/plastic-free-tea-bags/
Most teas where I live are sold loose. Tea bag teas I currently have are Republic of Tea and Celestial Seasonings - come in paper packets without a string and always have.
https://moralfibres.co.uk/the-teabags-without-plastic/