Not all tea bags shed them. We asked experts if it’s risky to use the ones that do. Credit...Joyce Lee for The New York Times Supported by By Caroline Hopkins Legaspi Q: I’ve heard there are ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Tea bags could be releasing billions of ...

Now, new research has detected microplastics in yet another common spot: tea bags. The study, which was published in the journal Chemosphere in December, is raising a lot of questions about the ...

Big tea bag brands tend to have loyal followings, but our taste test reveals it's worth trying supermarket own-brand options as you might be pleasantly surprised by what you discover. We asked 79 tea ...

Want sugar or milk in your tea? How about plastic? Researchers have found that tea bags are releasing millions of nanoplastics and microplastics into tea. Monika Skolimowska/dpa ...

So, when news recently came out that tea bags “release micro- and nanoplastic particles” by the millions, it didn’t faze my parents; as the tea snobs they are, they ditched single-use tea ...

With the help of some experts, I set out to find the best (and worst) tea offerings the major supermarkets had to offer ...

How you make oolong tea will depend on whether you use loose-leaf tea or prepared tea bags. For loose-leaf tea: Heat water in a tea kettle or bring it to a boil in a pot. Measure out the tea, using up ...