• Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    62·
    4 months ago

    Buy loose tea and tea bags.
    Test tea bags by burning them. No residue? They should be free of plastics.

    • accideath@lemmy.worldEnglish
      17·
      4 months ago

      Or: a reusable metal tea strainer. You just need to take 2 minutes every time to clean it but they’re no excess waste whatsoever

      • Big P@feddit.ukEnglish
        3·
        4 months ago

        I tried this but I always end up with tea leaves floating around my cup

        • accideath@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          4 months ago

          Then you either need a strainer with a finer mesh or smaller holes, or courser ground tea. I‘d recommend the former. My strainer has very small holes and at worst there’s a bit of tea power at the bottom of my cup