Re:Some tea bags may shed billions of microplastics per cup
by sgt on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @05:07PM
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Where is this? I've never seen loose tea being cheaper. I mostly see loose tea being sold in premium tea stores, and their prices are exorbitant.
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Re:Some tea bags may shed billions of microplastics per cup
by chadcmulligan on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @05:26PM
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really? Loose tea is available in supermarkets in Australia, its actually a lot cheaper than tea bags, if you count by the cup. Its usually with the tea bags but up higher or lower on the shelves. 250g costs about $3.50AUD.
Though I have noticed the amount of loose leaf tea is getting less over the years on the shelves. There's also less variety than they're used to be, I have to hunt around if I want an unusual one. Its way cheaper than specialty tea shops - they're around $10 to $20 for 100grams, way to much for the amount of tea I drink :-), but nice for a weekend change.
Re:Some tea bags may shed billions of microplastics per cup
by sgt on Thursday September 26, 2019 @09:03AM
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Interesting - what types of teas are these? I assume not just the regular black tea?
Re:Some tea bags may shed billions of microplastics per cup
by chadcmulligan on Friday September 27, 2019 @08:00PM
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Oh nothing fancy just the base level tea - bushels, twinings, nerada and so on, you can see here if you can access the site outside Aus. https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/search/products?searchTer...
Most of the green and herbal teas are in tea bags, but I've seen loose leaf of these available sometimes, not something I look for I must admit.