Commercial tea bags release microplastics, entering human cells

Re:Commercial tea bags release microplastics, entering human... by __MatrixMan__ on Monday December 23, 2024 @11:04AM (#42495368)

Lose leaf tea is much better anyway. You can get multiple infusions out of it which is nice if you don't need the caffeine the second time around (it's quite water soluble and mostly all goes in the first infusion).

A second infusion with bags always just ends up kinda watery and sad. Something about the leaves being smaller...

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Re:Commercial tea bags release microplastics, entering human... by acjohnson55 on Monday December 23, 2024 @11:15AM (#42495459)

Yep. I used to regularly drink high-grade ti guan yin (a.k.a. iron goddess), and I could often get 8 steeps and still have plenty of flavor.

The trick was to use a lot of tea and steep it for only 30 seconds. One of the advantages was how quick it was to get my next cup.

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Re:Commercial tea bags release microplastics, entering human... by skirmish on Monday December 23, 2024 @02:06PM (#42496799)

Look up "gongfu steeping", it is a well established method, e.g. "15 to 30 seconds for the first infusion, then add 10 seconds to each subsequent infusion. If it seems a bit weak, leave it for longer."

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