When it comes to good consumer habits, numerous (and often conflicting) reports have people questioning everything from their coffee drinking to their phone usage, but until recently, curling up ...

but a new study found that modern packaging — specifically plastic tea bags — are releasing billions of microplastics and nanoplastics into each (otherwise) healing cup. Researchers found that ...

It touted the fact that the company didn't use "silky" plastic tea bags, which prompted my the question, "Wait... silky tea bags are plastic tea bags?" I'd used "silky" or "mesh" tea bags before ...

Many modern tea bags, particularly those sleek, pyramid-shaped ones that feel almost too fancy to use, are made from food-grade plastics. When exposed to boiling water, these plastics can release ...

If you’re worried about plastic in your tea, stick with paper tea bags or brewing with loose leaf. Tufenkji says a lot of her friends didn’t even realize the “fancy” tea bags were made of plastic.

But basic, everyday tea bags are not really a worry. The problem comes in the fancy tea bags. You know the type – the bags are stiffer, heavier, usually in a little pyramid shape – the teas ...

When it comes to making cold-brew iced tea, fancy loose-leaf teas aren't worth the expense. The pulverized leaves in ordinary bagged teas have more exposed surface area, which means they infuse ...