Bewleys Tea Bags Plastic

Each tea bag is individually packaged in a plastic sachet though so the one downside is that there is a bit of plastic waste from one box of tea.

Bewleys tea bags plastic. Luckily there are a number of tea bags which are plastic free. Mcentee s tea is a family business run by donal and helen mcentee in co. That s a lot of shocked tea drinkers right there you can still read the original teabag post here but i thought it was about time to. To be the first to hear of our exclusive news offers and updates please subscribe below.

When i first heard that there was plastic in tea bags i was shocked. Producing award winning locally blended loose teas and infusions. Bewley s has been perfecting the craft of coffee and tea making for many generations and is now one of the largest coffee roasters in the uk and ireland. Their unique approach to tea focuses entirely on loose tea with a desire for the business to minimise its environmental footprint.

The subsequent blog post i wrote about it back in 2014 is my most popular post to date having been shared more than 44 000 times. 44 1494 436 426. Bewley s uk head office. And most of us tea drinkers choose tea bags rather than tea leaves 96 in fact.

Barry s one of the two most popular tea brands in ireland has just admitted that they use the plastic polypropylene in their tea bags which consumers have long believed to be made of paper. It turns out i wasn t the only one. Pg tips pyramid tea bags are now made from a plant based material that is 100 renewable and biodegradable. The tea bags are attached in groups of 2.

8 century point cressex business park halifax road high wycombe hp12 3sl. They have no string attached to dunk the tea bag you will have to cut each 2 attached bags to use 1 for a cup of tea. Tielka tea bags are also industrially compostable. Here s their statement on transitioning to plastic free tea bags from october 2019.

Not individual tea bags. Drinking tea is a very british tradition so much so that we consume 60 2 billion cups of tea each year according to the uk tea and infusions association.