{"id":350,"date":"2019-12-04T09:23:23","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T16:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/?p=350"},"modified":"2024-05-01T14:26:26","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T20:26:26","slug":"loose-leaf-tea-triumphs-over-tea-bags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/loose-leaf-tea-triumphs-over-tea-bags\/","title":{"rendered":"The Many Ways in Which Loose-Leaf Tea Triumphs Over Tea Bags"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ku Cha specializes in loose-leaf because it offers better flavor, significant environmental advantages and avenues towards enriched life<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tea bags have their place, we guess. They work in a pinch for camping and travel, for example. With bagged tea, sippers don\u2019t need a strainer or a bag of loose tea to savor their favorite beverage. All they need is hot water and a mug.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But otherwise, we think tea should be purchased loose, brewed, and strained with one of myriad different straining tools. And for the record, we generally reject tea bags when we camp and travel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We sell loose tea, for the most part. We import and champion loose tea instead of tea bags for good reason \u2014 because loose tea is way<\/em> better! How so? In different ways. Let us guide you through the advantages of loose-leaf <\/p>\n\n\n

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Loose-leaf tea holds many advantages over bagged tea, including flavor.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Loose-Leaf Tea Triumphs for Flavor<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Dregs. Scraps. Dust. That\u2019s essentially what gets poured into tea bags. In the tea trade, they are called \u201cfannings<\/a>.\u201d Companies reserve the best tea for sale loose, as entire leaves. They collect the slag, the waste, for bags. Much of it literally gets swept up off the floors of enormous processing plants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This influences flavor in different ways. <\/p>\n\n\n

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We find few reasons to use these for a cup of tea.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n