I hate to be a Debbie Downer, but apparently tea bags are coated in a type of plastic or teflon, which is then heated in the boiling tea water and then goes into our bodies and stays, for years. Ugh. 😵💫😵
This is one more source of microplastics that are unfortunately accumulating in our bodies and especially our brains. 🧠 So last week, I started doing things a little differently.
I do have a couple of mesh tea balls, which can hold the contents of a tea bag or loose tea. Generally, the holes are a little too big, and the tea particles go rogue. And to be honest, I have no idea what metal they are made of…
I used a French press to make tea last week, and it worked pretty well. However, some little bits of tea found their way into my mug and then my teeth. Not a big deal… I did like putting lime slices into the press along with my hibiscus tea and pressing them together.
Then my husband found this cool little gadget on Amazon. The holes are crazy tiny and its made from stainless steel:
You empty the tea bag or put loose tea into the cup, put the little cup inside an empty mug, and pour the hot water into/through it. Then, put on the little cap on while your tea steeps.
After a minute or two of steep time, you can use the cap as a coaster when you take it out of the mug.
P.S. Doctor Li talks about microplastics in the video interview I posted recently.
Here’s more research on it: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31552738/
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