Conventional tea bags are made of microplastic. In a brilliant innovation, Assam-based Upamanyu and Ashuman are creating biodegradable tea bags out of leaves under their startup ‘Wooláh’.
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Did you know one tea bag releases 11.6 billion microplastic particles and 3.1 billion nano plastic particles in a cup at brewing temperature? A study by the McGill University in Canada recently found that the tea bags we use are not as safe as we believe them to be.
Using teabags indirectly harms both the environment as well as our health. Even while using them for composting, plants will end up consuming toxic elements.
In order to do away with this problem, Assam-based tea company, The Tea Leaf Theory (TTLT) has come up with a one-of-its kind dip with eco-friendly bags that are made of leaves.
Launched under their brand Wooláh and labelled Truedips, the bags are essentially two compressed leaves and a bud (unopened leaf at the tip of a…