| Is Your Tea Flammable |
| Posted by Phuong on Sep 3rd, 2011 |
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Did you know that most tea bags contain soy lecithin? "To extract lecithin from soy, it is bathed in hexane. Hexane is a neurotoxin as well as a narcotic, which is flammable and can cause psychosis in humans." - OSHA.gov. "Soybean lecithin, found in tea bags, comes from sludge left after crude soy oil goes through a "degumming" process. It is a waste product containing solvents and pesticides and has a consistency ranging from a gummy fluid to a plastic solid." Kaayla T. Daniel, PhD, CCN. If you're a true tea lover, you already know about the superior taste, health benefits, and the cost benefits of a great cup of tea. There simply isn't a better alternative than premium loose leaf tea.  Click on image to enlarge. Most people who use tea bags like it for the convenience not for the lack of flavor. Loose leaf tea is just as easy to make on the go or at work, especially with a Koni mug or to go tea tumbler. If you want a superior tasting cup of tea, you must give the tea leaves room to move around and expand, so they can release their full flavor and antioxidants. You can't get that in a tea bag because the leaves are constrained by the paper. In addition, the paper used for the bag can also be tasted by many, which can detract from the tea's flavor. Even worse, some inexpensive tea bags are made using epichlorohydrin, a known carcinogen.  Look at the difference between premium loose leaf Koni Elixir of Life White Tea (on the right) and a typical tea bag that contains fannings and dust. The ingredients list contains soy lecithin. Loose tea is cost effective: Loose leaf tea can save you more money than tea bags. When you purchase a high-quality tea bag, you end up paying twice as much and up to four times as much as premium loose leaf tea. For example, it costs $9.99 for 15 high-end tea bags and $9.99 for 2 oz of Koni Tea, which gives you up to 80 cups. Brewing a cup of premium loose leaf tea can cost around 8 cents per cup because you can re-use those same leaves up to 3 times. In addition, it takes over twice as much bagged tea to equal the strength of loose tea. Longer shelf life: Tea bags tend to get stale much quicker. The tea commonly used in most grocery store tea bags is called fannings or dust and is the waste product produced from the sorting of higher quality loose leaf tea. The greater surface area to volume ratio of the leaves in tea bags exposes them to more air, and therefore causes them to go stale faster. However, loose leaf teas use whole leaves, thus retain their flavor much longer. A bag of Koni tea, if kept away from sunlight, sealed in the bag, and stored in the cupboard will stay good for at 1 -1.5 years. Do yourself a favor- throw away your flat, flavorless tea bags- and pick up some loose leaf Koni tea and teaware.  Click on image to enlarge. |
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