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Environment & Energy

wnylib

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7. Thanks. Currently I just heat a cup

Reply to Blues Heron (Reply #6)

Thu Mar 24, 2022, 10:50 AM

Mar 2022

of water in the microwave and use a tea bag.

Avoiding tea bags would mean drinking tea only at home since restaurants and take out places use tea bags. But I stopped eating out since the pandemic, so that is not a problem for me. I live alone, though, and rarely drink more than one cup at a time, so I guess I could use small amounts of water and tea, once I got a straining pot.

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I assume that we will eventually evolve to have plastic as an essential part of our being. That's... TreasonousBastard Mar 2022 #1

Look up NJCher Mar 2022 #2

Me too. Native Mar 2022 #3

There was a time when you could get bags made of actual silk. Native Mar 2022 #4

So what do you use for brewing loose tea? wnylib Mar 2022 #5

Use a pot with a built in strainer Blues Heron Mar 2022 #6

Thanks. Currently I just heat a cup wnylib Mar 2022 #7

My carafe is almost never empty Blues Heron Mar 2022 #8

So do you heat the carafe, or just wnylib Mar 2022 #9

I heat the cup in the microwave Blues Heron Mar 2022 #10