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What are some good, lower end tea brands? (beehaw.org)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Located in the us and seeking recommendations. All the brands I could think of are too expensive these days (i buy a lot of tea), but I can abide the aldi brand no longer.

Edit: I mean teabags for hot teas, things like English breakfast, earl grey, spiced chai, etc. In search of decent quality that isn’t watery or stale tasting, but nothing too special.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago (2 children)

You should check out loose leaf teas. I find them to be less expensive and better quality. I like a mail order catalog called Upton tea imports. You can get 100g of earl grey for 7 bucks which is 18 cents a cup. They also have a cool quarterly magazine.

There are lots of other places to get loose leaf teas, like the grocery store in the bulk goods section. You can get little paper filters or get a strainer. I don't like the little clampy ball one, but it's cheap. I prefer the pour over basket.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

If PFAS (‘forever chemicals’) is something that worries you, apparently that shit is also in a lot of teabags for some ungodly reason.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

For some reason we need triangular tea bags nowadays, which are, of course, made from plastics

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Soooo many microplastics leach from tea bags. I dunno, don't do it OP... I strongly suggest loose leaf in a tin.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Damn! When I was younger loose leaf tea was only available at some pretty pricey stores. Glad to find out about this, thanks

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

It's nice because you're getting whole leaf tea, rather than tea dust in a tea bag. You can also buy as little or as much as you want and not get stuck with something you hate.