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Re:Some tea bags may shed billions of microplastics per cup by joshvm on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @03:17PM (#21074267)
We've been using Tea Pigs which is pretty good (and about half the price of T2).

Not sure I could taste the difference at that price point, but we have a T2 locally.

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Re:Some tea bags may shed billions of microplastics per cup by test1235 on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @04:09PM (#21074765)
No opinion on the quality of their tea, but Tea Pigs was the first brand which came to mind when I read 'plastic teabag': https://www.teapigs.co.uk/tea/shop-by-category/black/single-...
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Re:Some tea bags may shed billions of microplastics per cup by FartyMcFarter on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @07:24PM (#21076669)
They claim they don't use plastic at all, not even for packaging:

https://www.teapigs.co.uk/about/sustainability-and-values

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Re:Some tea bags may shed billions of microplastics per cup by test1235 on Thursday September 26, 2019 @04:16AM (#21079160)
That's an excellent page - I wish I had found that while I was browsing around. I've long been suspicious of the materials of these 'luxury' teabags (but that's probably the traditionalist in me).

EDIT: in fact, looking at this page[1], it seems they might be one of the only ones who do make a biodegradable bag ...

1. https://www.scotsman.com/read-this/is-your-favourite-tea-mad...

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Re:Some tea bags may shed billions of microplastics per cup by NeedMoreTea on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @03:38PM (#21074468)
Good Grief T2 are pricey!

Try these guys: https://www.johnwatt.co.uk Great selection, coffees too. Online ordering seems to cover the main European nations.

We have a shop nearby, so can't comment on delivery etc.

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