I get that plastics are amazing stuff and all, but maaaaybe tea bags don’t need to be plastic.
What the fuck? I thought the bags were made of paper or cloth??
Some are but there are nylon teabags and pyramid teabags made with plastic, and apparently even paper teabags often use glues made of plastic. These days you have to specifically seek out a brand that explicitly says they have no plastic in their bags or just buy loose leaf.
Using loose leaves is so easy and tea shops have so many great fruit combinations with their teas I don’t understand why so many people still use the bland tea bags
Tea shops? We don’t have those here.
Time to open a tea shop
Sounds awesome where do I start?
You and some friends could start a tea shop worker owned cooperative in your area. How far you want to take that (turn your back yard into a shop if you live in a suburb, or rent a space in downtown) is up to you, but if you think your area has demand for a tea shop, there are some great guides on how to start a worker owned coop! :D
Thanks, don’t really have friends around here, but I will still look into this.
How do I use loose leaf? also, where do I get loose leaf?
I have gotten some nice blends from Adagio
You can buy a tea sieve, a little metal thingy where you put the tea leaves in. You can also just dump the leaves in a pot make tea and filter them out with a fine metal sieve. Most often where you get the loose leaves thou also get the tools. Look for tea shops. Or check online on tea specialised pages of your country.
thank you, I’ll see if I can find it in my city!
There isn’t a tea shop within >100 miles (160km) of me, so there is that. There is a café where you can buy tea at the gift shop.
Use loose leaf tea!
