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A good strong cuppa

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  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Yorkshire loose leaf for us as well, don’t want plastic soaking in our cups. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • TopbirdTopbird Posts: 8,355
    I drink the W/rose Gold - builder’s strength / dash of milk - as well.

    Are you sure these particular tea bags have plastic in them? They are very papery and rot down completely in the compost bin. Other makes of tea bags (only used under sufferance in other peoples’ houses) have a very obvious plastic or nylon content.

    If they have I may consider swapping to loose leaf and an infuser.
    Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
  • Singing GardenerSinging Gardener Posts: 1,237
    An increasing number of tea bags are plastic-free these days. A quick google will tell you which. I use PG tips which went plastic free last year.
  • TopbirdTopbird Posts: 8,355
    ☹️ Quick Google suggests W/rose may still be using plastic based sealant although the bag itself is paper.

    Will have to have a think how much that matters to me....
    Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Funnily - I've been thinking the same @Pete.8. I drink around 10 mugs a day on average, and have been considering switching to loose tea, mainly for financial reasons. I love Yorkshire Tea but it stains my teeth, so I normally use Punjana or Scottish Blend tea bags. I've been looking at different loose leaf ones but haven't yet decided.
    Both of those have paper bags, but I also read about the plastic sealing @Topbird. I don't think it's always easy to do the right thing - we can only do our best. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • AuntyRachAuntyRach Posts: 5,291
    I have been keeping an eye on teabag brands and many are in the process of moving to plastic free. I would rather stick with teabags if possible, particularly in work etc. 

    For fun:





    My garden and I live in South Wales. 
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Brilliant @AuntyRach
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • josusa47josusa47 Posts: 3,530
    I buy fair trade tea online from Traidcraft, all their teabags are bio-degradeable.  They break down faster in the compost bin if you tear the bag after use.  I like my tea weak as I don't like milk in it, and get two large mugfuls out of each teabag.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I fancy strip teas for the small bedroom - the walls.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    edited November 2019

    It's my tea company of choice and I'm happy to compost them. Same price as Yorkshire Tea

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