What are tea bags made out of?!


Question: The bag part that is!

Cotton? Paper? Nylon?


Answers: The bag part that is!

Cotton? Paper? Nylon?

Tea bag paper is related to paper found in milk and coffee filters. It is made with a blend of wood and vegetable fibers. The vegetable fiber is bleached pulp abaca hemp, a small plantation tree grown for the fiber, mostly in the Philippines and Colombia. Heat-sealed tea bag paper usually has a heat-sealable thermoplastic such as PVC or polypropylene, as a component fiber on inner side of the teabag surface.
Eww makes ya not wanna make a cuppa now....PVC your aving a laugh!

tea leaf seeds on the inside and nylon on the out side xx

it`s a type of paper .can`t see them becoming popular though .lol

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_bag
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http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb...

There you go, it will tell you all about tea bags :)

bags with tea in them.

Paper

Doh!
Tea in a bag?

usually paper, but more and more pyramid bags and satchels are made out of nylon.

I am a former chef and have travelled the world and found that most like the other have said are a paper material, here in Canada we have one made by Red Rose and they come in a muslin/cheescloth bag.

I am not sure why people would say nylon, then the tea would have an off taste (nylon is made from petrolem and would melt in hot water), I prefer loose tea, as it is whole leaf not pieces and stems, plus it has a more distinct flavour you can make your own, I get some cheescloth from my dollar discount store, I then buy a nice Indian, Ceylon or other loose tea, blend them and make 1 teaspoon bags, tie them with string, you would be surprise how much the difference, and they are fresher tasting. I am a tea fanatic and have tried alot.

TEA,AND A LITTLE BAG!....DUH?





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