Starting with the common tea brands you can find in the country or across, here are the safest options of brands to try:
- Lipton (Green Tea Decaf, Chai, Herbal and Cold Brew tea bags)
- Twinings (latest versions and their Cold Infuse range)
- Tetley (latest version, string and tag tea bags, black and green Tetley teas)
- Harney & Sons
- Pukka Herbs
- Bromley
- Hampstead Tea
- Stash Tea
- Rooted Teas
- Nature’s Cuppa
- Uncle Lee Tea
- Yogi Tea
- Bushells
- Lyons
- Teapigs
- Traditional Medicinals
- Yorkshire
- Celestial Seasonings
- Dilmah
- Fortnum & Mason
- Qi Tea (Australia)
- Nerada (Australia)
- Vahdam
- The Republic of Tea
- Higher Living Organic Tea (Australia)
Many of these tea brands also offer loose tea. If you want to be on the safest side, go for loose tea, get a quality stainless steel strainer and enjoy your cup of tea☕️
Hey tea lover, I know you love tea bags for the convenience. Pop it in, pop it out, easy peasy ☕️.
But whether you’re a tea lover who’s also a health freak like me or not, you need to switch to loose leaf tea immediately, and here’s why:
If you follow my posts, I’m sure you’ve come across the word “microplastics,” and you’re probably wondering what your tea has to do with them. Keep reading to find out.
Whenever you place that tea bag in a hot mug of water, it releases a staggering 11.6 billion microplastics and 3.1 billion nanoplastics right into your mug. Yep, you read that right.
That toxic plastic sheds from the bag material, the string, and the bonding glues used to seal them. Drinking it from a plastic cup? Holy smokes, that makes it five times worse!
Fortunately, it ain’t on fire yet. The damage is reversible, and you can avoid further damage by making the right choices starting today:
Drink plenty of clean, filtered water. Exercise to sweat out toxins, load up on antioxidants (vitamins C and E), eat dietary fiber to keep bowel movements regular, and switch to premium loose leaf tea instead.
If you must use a tea bag, buy from verifiably plastic-free or organically stitched brands. Check next post (in the quotes) for the safest options.