I’m on a weekend vacation and forgot to bring my tea and the international grocery didn’t have it, so I settled for Darjeeling. I can barely notice the difference. It’s so subtle that it might as well just be a different tea brand.

  • atro_city
    1•3 days ago

    Microplastic? I thought teabags were quite organic. Do you have a source on being microplastic?

      • atro_city
        2•2 days ago

        Oh, those “premium” ones. Yeah, those are clearly plastic. Premium cancer dispensers. But the … oh, yeah, even the “normal ones” are paper fiber “sealed with plastic”. Sometimes biodegradable, sometimes not, and sometimes not plastic.

        • FSC-Certified Paper Bags
          Many of Twinings’ traditional string-and-tag tea bags now use paper certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). These bags are reinforced with plant-based sealants instead of conventional plastic.
        • Compostable Tea Bags
          Twinings offers fully compostable tea bags in selected product lines. These bags decompose in home composting systems, making them convenient for eco-conscious consumers.

        Amazing. Learned something new again and how I’m being poisoned by my lovely tea containers. Ain’t the world grand?

      • @[email protected]English
        2•2 days ago

        Sounds like the same study in both articles? And the BBC says it was specifically to ‘premium’ plastic tea bags?

        The fabric ones should be fine then?

        Edit: sealed with PLA which is industrially compostable, but not home compostable : https://www.yorkshiretea.co.uk/our-packaging No mention of how bad it is to consume.