Do you love tea ? I know I do. Where do you buy your tea ? Do you buy your tea in mesh bags, or loose at a tea shop. Since I have loose tea at work sold by Botanical Bounty ( www.botanicalbounty.org ) I am lucky. As a matter of fact, with a recent new kitchen I have a tea rack where I store my tea. The tea rack has 3 shelves where i can fit 5 glass jars. Each jar had a single herbal tea or a blend. Each has been marked on the outside of the jar with a label.
I am telling you about this as mesh tea bags have found to contain 20- 30 % of microplastics and nano plastics, These substances are harmful to our human health. A recent study published in Journal of Environmental Science and Technology discussed microplastics. One standard tea bag made with plastic released 11.6 billion microplastics and 3 billion nanoplastics in one cup of tea
My solutin is safe. Buy loose teas. You can buy them from Botanical Bounty ( www.botanicalbounty.org ) and other tea companies. If you are lucky enough to have a tea shop in your town- suport them I steep all my loose tea with a variety of stainless steel strainers. Even organic teas may still have plastic int heir tea bag. Go with fresh fair trade organic loose teas that are stored in glass jars