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@fedia.io
    1·
    3 days ago

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

      • atro_city@fedia.io
        2·
        3 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?

      • NighedEnglish
        2·
        3 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.