Loose leaf tea is the best way to enjoy its fantastic flavours. Teabags cannot offer you such a broad choice of aromas and tastes. To select and enjoy the tea, you should develop a relationship with this amazing drink. Take your time to examine the leaves, inhale their fragrance and appreciate their texture. These simple actions will bring you closer to the authentic world of tea and a better understanding of its nature.
Why choose loose leaf tea over teabags?
Quality and choice
Loose leaf tea is undoubtedly of higher quality. Teabags often consist of small particles of lower-grade tea. Some teas are impossible to fit into a teabag without breaking them. Consequently, it limits your choice. The smaller the particle is, the more flavours it loses while being processed, and the less you experience in your cup.
More space, more flavour
Loose leaf tea needs space to unfold and release all its amazing flavours. In a teapot, the leaves have enough room to expand. Water comes into contact with more surface area of the leaves, resulting in a flavourful cup.
Health benefits
Tea is very rich in antioxidants, minerals and vitamins. Using loose leaf tea allows the leaves to float freely in the water for better saturation and extraction of these nutrients. By contrast, the paper or nylon of the teabag prevents the leaves from unfolding and getting the full extraction into the cup.
Sustainability
Loose leaf tea reduces waste: the tea leaves are fully compostable, whereas even biodegradable plant-based teabags have to be industrially recycled. It takes a long time for them to naturally decompose, and the speed depends on certain environmental conditions, such as soil, temperature, etc. You can minimise the garbage that goes to landfills: plastic, paper tags, staples, strings, etc., and save the natural resources used to make them.
Richer experience
Loose leaf tea gives you the opportunity to control the steeping process as well. You can adjust the quantity of tea leaves and steeping time according to your preferences, allowing yourself to extract the desired flavours from the tea. A teabag restricts you from experimenting and in this way will never suit your current mood.
Enjoy the moment
Loose leaf tea allows you to take a much-needed break from your hectic life and treat yourself to a few minutes of pleasure while brewing a cup. It is a pure delight to watch the leaves turn from quirky shapes of darker colours into beautiful leaves of an endless palette of shades. Treat yourself with this simple joy!
