This can happen from time to time, but don’t worry, simply slide the card around the handle of the teacup a couple of times and immerse the teabag into the hot water. That post had such an impact as many people learned for the first time that teabags contain plastic, alongside a host of other surprising items that contain plastic.

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An expertly executed take on a classic tea, these bags also balance the depth and complexity of a well-blended loose-leaf tea with the simplicity and easy clean-up of a traditional tea bag. Small amounts were used, but it prevented them being composted and, due to the enormous amount of tea bags used in the UK, it generated a large amount of plastic waste. This is the brew for you if you prefer the darker, maltier flavours of tea, which Barry’s has in abundance.

Teabags have strings for convenient steeping, disposal and for easy identification of tea type and brand.

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Black tea: Tea products all come from the same plant: camelia sinensis, to use its fancy latin name. In January 2018, Co-op Food announced that they were removing plastic from their own brand 99 tea bags in conjunction with their supplier Typhoo. This is a giant industrial conglomerate that owns many brands – including Starbucks – which is disappointing to hear. Do let me know in the comments if I’ve missed anything and do also check out my tea wares page for some specially curated gifts and accessories I’d recommend.Nemi is a specialist London-based tea company that offers a variety of tea blends, both as loose tea and teabags. There are also Pyramid shaped tea bags, the idea behind this shape, introduced in the 1990s, was that the more robust shape of the bag would be less likely to flatten in water, therefore the leaves would have more room to flow around the bag, releasing yet more t tea flavor.