Tea Bags vs. Loose tea leaves

Popperwell

I'm afraid teabags for me(though I also have a teapot)since especially living alone its just as easy to have a mug of tea and dare I say it, I can a get 3-4 decent drinks out of one bag:o

BitterAndTwisted

I prefer loose tea but I only ever make it in a pot if I know I'll be wanting more than one cup. I have an adorable little brown earthenware two-cup teapot found in a charity shop. And I KNOW that the tea tastes better when made from loose tea in a pot rather then in a cup with bags.

At the moment my limit when buying tea-bags is a penny a bag. Ty-phoo 100s One Cup bags with a two-quid and something price printed on the box can be found in the pound shops (that's 200 grammes) but I recently invested 99 pence for a box of Lidl's 160 Silver Label bags when they were on offer recently but I haven't opened it yet. They're now back up to £1.99

The best loose leaf tea I've had was the M&S "Extra Strong Loose Tea" which my sister bought for me as a present but it's far too pricey for me to be buying for every-day drinking, alas. I've got a box of Sains loose tea to open and use up and then I'm going to try the Ceylon loose tea from my local Turkish Grocers. Now, that's inexpensive.

BAGGY

I use a bit of both. T- Bag if tea for one but loose tea for more than one. I own about 5 teapots, ranging from a 2 mugs to one that would do about 8. I have Sainsbos red lable loose tea and it's rarely on offer. I tried their cheapo t-bags but they were too perfumed for me. I like strong 'tea' flavoured stuff. The navy blue pack of t-bags in Lidl or Aldi are good and I got loads when they were on 1/2 price last time round. Currently stocking up on millicano as its half price in sainsbo and morries

Leaporlepor

A friend bought me a teapot-for-one which sits on top of a mug that kind of looks like a cappachino cup. Perfect for loose tea, but sometimes I use bags when I don't want to clean the pot out *lazy*

On that note (I haven't looked through all the posts so this may have come up), does anyone have any ideas on easy cleaning, I don't like to rince the excess down the sink incase it blocks the plug. Just to mention I don't have a compost heap as the landlord won't allow people to have them (or plant things) in the communal garden.

DundeeDoll

I have a pot with an infuser but just googled and you can get infusers on their own. I find it much easier to empty that into the in than the teapot. I prefer leaves to bags but do use bags at work for convenience.

[Deleted User]

I used to have a big brown one and it was one teaspoon for each person and one for the pot.Fresh bioiled water and bring the warmed pot to the kettle and fill it up.Now I live alone its just not practical to make a pot for myself so I have to resort to teabags.But I do like Sainsburys cheapo ones at 28 a box they are probably the best buy on the market.not weak but a decent cuppa Failing being able to get them I buy Yorkshire tea.my DD will only drink Yorkshire tea as she likes it with very little milk and stong enough to stand your spoon up in :)
I remember my late Mum always had Brook Bond Divi tea and we collected the stamps on the front and when her card was filled I think she got about 5/- which was a nice bit of a bonus in those days She used it to buy some coffee as she loved coffee but rarely bought it :)

Leaporlepor

Methinks that I will look for an infuser.

RevolvingDoor

I use tea bags as tea leaves seem like a faff.:p

madmary_2

I have been thinking about going back to loose tea, but have no idea how to compare prices. At present I buy 160 tea bags from Aldi and this last me and OH about 5 weeks. He drinks more tea than I do but I'm cutting down on coffee so I expect that the bags will probably actually last four weeks. So that's about 50p per week and between us 40 cups of tea (how many?).

Does anyone think I can get 40 cups of tea for less than 50 pence a week using loose tea? And if so where from. I'm talking about bog standard tea, nothing fancy.

Mary

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

Has to be loose, ruff cut tea. Our Tea pot has a built in strainer.

Our tea comes from specialist supplier, where they sweep up the dust and put these into little bags with string on them. These are then sold in emporiums to the sheeple. Tea bags to the Sheeple

If tea was meant to be in a bag and tea white, Cows would waltz around the plantations and the leaves would be covered in paper.