Fact checked by Nick Blackmer Commercial tea bags may release microplastics during the brewing process. The ones made with ...

With the news of tea’s ability to absorb heavy metals like lead in water, it’s worth grabbing a tea infuser to promote as ...

The drink is commonly brewed in two forms: bagged or loose leaf. In the U.S., about 70% of Americans use pre-portioned tea ...

A scanning electron microscope image of a dried black tea leaf, showing its extensive surface area The cotton and nylon tea bags had little effect one way or the other, but such was definitely not ...

The team also examined the differences between loose-leaf tea and tea bags. They created water solutions containing lead and other metals, and then heated the solutions to just below boiling point.