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
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      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
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      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.