Some tea bags may shed billions of microplastics per cup

Re:Some tea bags may shed billions of microplastics per cup by Reason077 on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @02:04PM (#21073386)

> "Tea bag tea is much finer dust compared to loose leaf of the same brand."

Right, the "tea dust" is what goes in to your regular cheap paper tea bags. But the contents of plastic tea bags are usually more "premium", basically the same as good quality loose-leaf tea.

Some super-premium brands like TWG use cotton tea bags, which give you the same high quality tea and brewing without the dose of micro-plastics.

Regardless of any potential health effects, I think plastic tea bags are a pointless single-use plastic that should be banned.

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Re:Some tea bags may shed billions of microplastics per cup by NeedMoreTea on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @03:15PM (#21074242)

Here tea bags always seem to come with much shorter brewing times. So if the pack, nylon or paper, gives shorter than loose leaf brewing time it's dust - not necessarily the estate grade "dust". Perhaps from premium leaves and tips going into the blend, but cut/ground far, far finer than loose leaf.

By the time we get to super-premium, I'd just go loose leaf always. Quite agree nylon is an innovation we shouldn't have. :)

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