Re:Some tea bags may shed billions of microplastics per cup
by 9nGQluzmnq3M on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @10:09PM
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Gyokuro is supposed to be high grade tea leaves grown in the shade, which are then ground into powder. (This is basically how matcha is made.)
By contrast, the tea dust that Lipton uses is the leftovers when all the higher-grade roasted whole leaves have been taken out, and it's quite literally the worst/cheapest grade:
By contrast, the tea dust that Lipton uses is the leftovers when all the higher-grade roasted whole leaves have been taken out, and it's quite literally the worst/cheapest grade:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_leaf_grading