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Been Cutting Tea Out of The Tea Bags, because of Microplastics in The Tea Bags, & Using Metal Tea Ball Soaking in Boiling Water, but Problem… (piefed.social)
submitted 1 week ago by GreatWhite_Shark_EarthAndBeingsRightsPerson@piefed.social to c/health@lemmy.world
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…The Tea Leaks Out of The Tiny Screen Holes of The Metal Tea Ball.

The only solution I can think of is using those metal, tiny screen holes that sit on top of the tea cup Place a piece of the our species (using the term normally used is sexist) food grade cheese cloth in the metal, tiny screen holes sitting on top of the tea cup
Cut out the tea from the tea bag & place it on top of the our species (using the term normally used is sexist) food grade cheese cloth in the metal, tiny screen holes,
Then pouring the boiling water over the tea & wait for dripping to stop, remove all from top of the tea cup
& Wait for the tea to slightly cool.

Do they make cheese cloth that is our species (using the term normally used is sexist) food grade?

What do you all think?
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Any other solutions?

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[–] BoulderHole@piefed.social 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You can buy an immersive metal strainer for not too expensive and some loose leaf tea, on top of having less microplastics, it's significantly higher quality (tea in bags is dust left over after the processing of loose leaf tea).

Also, and this is genuine confusion so sorry, what do you mean by it's sexist to use the term normally? Is the name of a strainer or cheesecloth or something sexist? Genuine confusion, sorry, I don't understand that part of the text.

[–] GreatWhite_Shark_EarthAndBeingsRightsPerson@piefed.social 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

the our species (using the term normally used is sexist)

Does that clear it up?

[–] BoulderHole@piefed.social 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I'm sorry, I still don't understand (non-native English speaker)

[–] GreatWhite_Shark_EarthAndBeingsRightsPerson@piefed.social 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

When you or anyone else speak the word/term for the common name for our species, I will not use it, you are using a word/term that at it’s root IS NOT Homosepien (SP?) or anything as general as that, but the male gender, thus sexist.