Comments on: Plastic Free Tea Bags Remain a Concern, But Are the Solutions Really Socially Responsible?

By: Tarun

Tarun — Fri, 18 Sep 2020 05:50:41 +0000

Hey I never know that PLA is not biodegradable. Seems like I have to be careful with this from now on.

By: Meen

Meen — Thu, 10 Oct 2019 11:43:17 +0000

As a British born South Asian lady who is from a family of ‘teaoholics’ I am beginning to move away from Tea Bags, I have been using some nice loose tea for approximately months now. I still use a tea bag as it’s the convenience which is the reason most of us went over to tea bags, less mess no need for a sieve of any kind and all that… I’ve been reading about plastic in tea bags and I’m afraid it’s very off putting.
After finding out my mum narrowed down a strange but very very uncomfortable rash that suddenly began a few yrs ago in 2016, my sr took her wherever she could to find out what this rash was. Turns out that when my coffee drinking sr would make a cuppa she’d always make mum a coffee too. So when mum had an operation for a knee replacement she was ‘subjected’ is how my used to describe it, to my sr and her coffee. It’s only then that my mum who’s a fluent English speaking lady around the age of 62 at the time realised her rash had stopped and narrowed it down to the tea she was drinking all this time.
She now only drinks coffee and is fine.
I have gone over to drinking coffee over tea but i too found that I would get really bad stomach cramps when I ate bananas which were until then my favourite fruit.
I’ve been trying over the years to see if the problem would stop and as I’ve been drinking far more coffee this year, I am able to eat my favourite fruit but if I drink more tea then I can tell theres an issue. I’m ok with loose tea which I’ve only been drinking more of for approximately 6mths now.
It may just be a coincidence but I dont know. I’m fairly convinced it’s the plastic in our brew.
Loose tea for me and hubby, we’ve even been out and bought a tea pot with a loose tea holder in the top so that we don’t need a sieve for the tea. The rest is yummy delicious tea. I make it at least once a day and it tastes far far better than tea bag tea.

By: Joy Kennedy

Joy Kennedy — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 00:27:03 +0000

I have been reading a lot about this yesterday and today. Regarding the use of tea bags and whether or not they contain dangerous amounts of plastic, I’m sure it will become a personal decision for each individual. Being an American who is the daughter of a British mother, I learned to drink tea at a very early age , and even now would rather drink tea than coffee. And since I abhor plastic in any form, for any use whatsoever, I think it is a small price to pay to buy organic bulk tea in several flavors at one of the local health food stores. I’m sure the tea companies are not intentionally trying to hurt us with their plastic, but why take a chance anyway? I am 70, and who says you can’t teach an old dog new tricks? This old dog doesn’t need any more coaxing. Goodbye, tea bags!

By: Karen

Karen — Sat, 28 Sep 2019 10:16:40 +0000

Well this is news to me.I.only found out yesterday.I will just buy loose tea and a tea pot. I’m mostly a coffee drinker anyway.really just didn’t think how a tea bag was sealed or held togeather in hot water.Once again the old ways were better… Tea bags were invented for our convenience….

By: Sip Charleston

Sip Charleston — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 01:15:30 +0000

Sounds like a good idea!

By: Alice Edgcumbe-Rendle

Alice Edgcumbe-Rendle — Mon, 01 Oct 2018 06:47:05 +0000

This is very clearly a case of protecting the vested interests of large multinationals who want to protect their brands and markets. The solution to this is simply to promote the use of loose leaf teas. It is ridiculous that we continue to drink tea in little bags which have been processed in factories. We cook food and eat it on the go.. We should be able to brew tea and drink it on the go.. Ie the argument that we need tea bags in our lives (convenience etc) is one that needs to be challenged. This is the hard part due to the fact that large tea companies see no benefit for themselves. Lower margins, fewer opportunities to differentiate are two key obstacles . That is the inconvenient truth. It means the change will be consumer driven... The move towards clean eating will be one reason for this change! After 35 years of being in the wholesale tea business I can count on one hand the times I've been forced to drink tea that has been brewed in a bag. We've been drinking tea for 1000's of years and don't need a wretched piece of paper to brew our favourite tea in!