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Tea bags that rot down in compost
I've just spread the contents of the compost bin on my vegetable garden
and find that the Typhoo tea bags that were put into the compost haven't rotted down. Can anyone recommend a tea bag that will rot down in the compost. Typhoo tea bags seem to leave a fine plastic net behind them. Peter -- He spoke with a certain what-is-it in his voice, and I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled. P.G. Wodehouse 1881 -1975 |
Tea bags that rot down in compost
In message m, Peter
James wrote I've just spread the contents of the compost bin on my vegetable garden and find that the Typhoo tea bags that were put into the compost haven't rotted down. Can anyone recommend a tea bag that will rot down in the compost. Typhoo tea bags seem to leave a fine plastic net behind them. Surely you buy tea based on the quality of the tea and not the bag they put it in? http://www.guardian.co.uk/environmen...biodegradeable -- Alan news2009 {at} admac {dot} myzen {dot} co {dot} uk |
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Tea bags that rot down in compost
Alan wrote:
Surely you buy tea based on the quality of the tea and not the bag they put it in? http://www.guardian.co.uk/environmen...biodegradeable I think most civilised people drink loose leaf tea in Bodum glass infusers. Better for the palate and better for the garden. Sadly it is becoming steadily more difficult to find loose leaf tea in supermarkets. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland |
Tea bags that rot down in compost
On Fri, 10 Sep 2010 Timothy Murphy wrote:
Surely you buy tea based on the quality of the tea and not the bag they put it in? I think most civilised people drink loose leaf tea in Bodum glass infusers. Do they??? Then I must be uncivilised since I make my tea in an old-fashioned teapot! A Bodum indeed! I know no-one who does such a thing! Coffee yes, tea no. Sadly it is becoming steadily more difficult to find loose leaf tea in supermarkets. I've never had problems finding loose leaf tea. I don't drink coffee so I would be severely deprived if I couldn't find loose leaf tea. David -- David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, UK http://rance.org.uk |
Tea bags that rot down in compost
Alan wrote:
In message m, Peter James wrote I've just spread the contents of the compost bin on my vegetable garden and find that the Typhoo tea bags that were put into the compost haven't rotted down. Can anyone recommend a tea bag that will rot down in the compost. Typhoo tea bags seem to leave a fine plastic net behind them. Surely you buy tea based on the quality of the tea and not the bag they put it in? http://www.guardian.co.uk/environmen...biodegradeable Indeed I do. But the ability to rot down in the compost is a plus factor. Peter -- He spoke with a certain what-is-it in his voice, and I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled. P.G. Wodehouse 1881 -1975 |
Tea bags that rot down in compost
In message , Timothy Murphy
writes Alan wrote: Surely you buy tea based on the quality of the tea and not the bag they put it in? http://www.guardian.co.uk/environmen...biodegradeable I think most civilised people drink loose leaf tea in Bodum glass infusers. Better for the palate and better for the garden. Sadly it is becoming steadily more difficult to find loose leaf tea in supermarkets. I have a couple of Bodum coffee infusers, now you have me wondering whether they could be used for tea... However, I would be reluctant to give up the taste and convenience of PG Tips pyramid teabags... -- Gordon H Remove "invalid" to reply |
Tea bags that rot down in compost
In message , Gordon H
wrote However, I would be reluctant to give up the taste and convenience of PG Tips pyramid teabags... I was brought up on the tea that only chimps now drink :). I've since discovered that there are a lot better teas out there - and available from supermarkets in bags. -- Alan news2009 {at} admac {dot} myzen {dot} co {dot} uk |
Tea bags that rot down in compost
In message , David Rance
writes On Fri, 10 Sep 2010 Timothy Murphy wrote: Surely you buy tea based on the quality of the tea and not the bag they put it in? I think most civilised people drink loose leaf tea in Bodum glass infusers. Do they??? Then I must be uncivilised since I make my tea in an old-fashioned teapot! A Bodum indeed! I know no-one who does such a thing! Coffee yes, tea no. I have to agree. I dismantled a perfectly good tea bag today and used the contents in one of my Bodums to make tea at lunch time. Despite great care, it produced a weak imitation of the usual 2 strong cups of tea from the same tea bag. -- Gordon H Remove "invalid" to reply |
Tea bags that rot down in compost
"Timothy Murphy" wrote in message ... Alan wrote: Surely you buy tea based on the quality of the tea and not the bag they put it in? http://www.guardian.co.uk/environmen...biodegradeable I think most civilised people drink loose leaf tea in Bodum glass infusers. Better for the palate and better for the garden. Sadly it is becoming steadily more difficult to find loose leaf tea in supermarkets Ooh, get you! I drink Typhoo in tea bags in a mug! and they rot down fine in my compost heap when they come in contact with chicken poo. Tina Tina |
Tea bags that rot down in compost
I split ours open before adding to the wormery, our worms seem to love
them. |
Tea bags that rot down in compost
Christina Websell wrote:
"Timothy Murphy" wrote in message ... Alan wrote: Surely you buy tea based on the quality of the tea and not the bag they put it in? http://www.guardian.co.uk/environmen...biodegradeable I think most civilised people drink loose leaf tea in Bodum glass infusers. Better for the palate and better for the garden. Sadly it is becoming steadily more difficult to find loose leaf tea in supermarkets Ooh, get you! I drink Typhoo in tea bags in a mug! and they rot down fine in my compost heap when they come in contact with chicken poo. Tina Tina Well, mine don't. I spread the contents of my compost bin on my allotment on Thursday, and was dismayed to find that there were thousands of Typhoo tea bags on the surface, the contents rotted down, the outer bags present. They had been in the compost for up to 1 year. So the seach for a tea bag that provides a good cup of tea, and rots down continues. Peter -- He spoke with a certain what-is-it in his voice, and I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled. P.G. Wodehouse 1881 -1975 |
Tea bags that rot down in compost
"Peter James" wrote in message news:1jonket.1k2lc872yuqa6N%pfjames2000@googlemail .com... Christina Websell wrote: "Timothy Murphy" wrote in message ... Alan wrote: Surely you buy tea based on the quality of the tea and not the bag they put it in? http://www.guardian.co.uk/environmen...biodegradeable I think most civilised people drink loose leaf tea in Bodum glass infusers. Better for the palate and better for the garden. Sadly it is becoming steadily more difficult to find loose leaf tea in supermarkets Ooh, get you! I drink Typhoo in tea bags in a mug! and they rot down fine in my compost heap when they come in contact with chicken poo. Tina Tina Well, mine don't. I spread the contents of my compost bin on my allotment on Thursday, and was dismayed to find that there were thousands of Typhoo tea bags on the surface, the contents rotted down, the outer bags present. They had been in the compost for up to 1 year. So the seach for a tea bag that provides a good cup of tea, and rots down continues. Ah, but no chicken poo in the compost? No wonder it doesn't rot g No teabags refuse to rot in my compost heap. -- He spoke with a certain what-is-it in his voice, and I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled. P.G. Wodehouse 1881 -1975 |
Tea bags that rot down in compost
Timothy Murphy wrote:
Alan wrote: Surely you buy tea based on the quality of the tea and not the bag they put it in? http://www.guardian.co.uk/environmen...biodegradeable I think most civilised people drink loose leaf tea in Bodum glass infusers. Better for the palate and better for the garden. Sadly it is becoming steadily more difficult to find loose leaf tea in supermarkets. Bodum glass infusers? Preposterous continonckalry! When it's just me, I use a traditional cheap and lovable little brown teapot: I'm a lazy bloke, but I enjoy the little ritual. Tea bags won't do for me, as I take neither sugar nor milk, so I want it too weak for most people. Tesco's Finest leaf tea is pretty good, by the way. -- Mike. |
Tea bags that rot down in compost
On 10 Sep, 14:39, David Rance wrote:
On Fri, 10 Sep 2010 *Timothy Murphy wrote: Surely you buy tea based on the quality of the tea and not the bag they put it in? I think most civilised people drink loose leaf tea in Bodum glass infusers. Do they??? Then I must be uncivilised since I make my tea in an old-fashioned teapot! A Bodum indeed! I know no-one who does such a thing! Coffee yes, tea no. Sadly it is becoming steadily more difficult to find loose leaf tea in supermarkets. I've never had problems finding loose leaf tea. I don't drink coffee so I would be severely deprived if I couldn't find loose leaf tea. David -- David Rance * * * *writing from Caversham, Reading, UKhttp://rance.org.uk I too use a clay teapot. I went to a Pakistani supermarket the other day and bout 3Kg of loose leaf Indian tea (Premier grade). It is a nice tea and cheap for the quality. Furthermore, there are no problems with composting. |
Tea bags that rot down in compost
On 12/09/2010 11:55, mogga wrote:
On Thu, 9 Sep 2010 16:02:49 +0100, (Peter James) wrote: I've just spread the contents of the compost bin on my vegetable garden and find that the Typhoo tea bags that were put into the compost haven't rotted down. Can anyone recommend a tea bag that will rot down in the compost. Typhoo tea bags seem to leave a fine plastic net behind them. Peter Have you written to Typhoo to ask them if they will change the bags? I does seem odd that in these days of encouraging the use of biodegradable materials that some manufacturers are going backwards in this respect. -- David in Normandy. To e-mail you must include the password FROG on the subject line, or it will be automatically deleted by a filter and not reach my inbox. |
Tea bags that rot down in compost
Timothy Murphy wrote:
I think most civilised people drink loose leaf tea in Bodum glass infusers. Oh, I loved our bodum infuser, but after 2 catastrophic middle of the night infuser-suicides, we've given up and gone back to a pot. :-( (they /really/ make a mess when they launch themselves from a high shelf, especially, it seems, at 3am. I think it's to do with the location of the moon and its effect on gravity!) |
Tea bags that rot down in compost
Gordon H wrote:
I have a couple of Bodum coffee infusers, now you have me wondering whether they could be used for tea... The tea infuser is a different beast to the coffee infuser. |
Tea bags that rot down in compost
In message , mogga
wrote Have you written to Typhoo to ask them if they will change the bags? You would be better off writing to the supermarket asking why their supplies are not going "green". -- Alan news2009 {at} admac {dot} myzen {dot} co {dot} uk |
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Tea bags that rot down in compost
Christina Websell wrote:
snipped Well, mine don't. I spread the contents of my compost bin on my allotment on Thursday, and was dismayed to find that there were thousands of Typhoo tea bags on the surface, the contents rotted down, the outer bags present. They had been in the compost for up to 1 year. So the seach for a tea bag that provides a good cup of tea, and rots down continues. Ah, but no chicken poo in the compost? No wonder it doesn't rot g No teabags refuse to rot in my compost heap. OK, then I'l try chicken poo. It sells for £3.50 a bag here in Cornwall. It's that or change the tea bags, and I do enjoy Typhoo. Peter -- He spoke with a certain what-is-it in his voice, and I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled. P.G. Wodehouse 1881 -1975 |
Tea bags that rot down in compost
In message , Peter
James wrote OK, then I'l try chicken poo. It sells for £3.50 a bag here in Cornwall. £3.50 per bag! That's a very expensive way of producing one cup of an alternative hot drink. -- Alan news2009 {at} admac {dot} myzen {dot} co {dot} uk |
Tea bags that rot down in compost
On 12/09/2010 17:02, Alan wrote:
In message , Peter James wrote OK, then I'l try chicken poo. It sells for £3.50 a bag here in Cornwall. £3.50 per bag! That's a very expensive way of producing one cup of an alternative hot drink. I bet they don't sell much of that chicken cup-a-soup! ;-) -- David in Normandy. To e-mail you must include the password FROG on the subject line, or it will be automatically deleted by a filter and not reach my inbox. |
Tea bags that rot down in compost
Alan wrote:
In message , Peter James wrote OK, then I'l try chicken poo. It sells for £3.50 a bag here in Cornwall. £3.50 per bag! That's a very expensive way of producing one cup of an alternative hot drink. Well, it would last a long time though. -- Mike. |
Tea bags that rot down in compost
In message , Alan
writes In message , Peter James wrote OK, then I'l try chicken poo. It sells for £3.50 a bag here in Cornwall. £3.50 per bag! That's a very expensive way of producing one cup of an alternative hot drink. And the taste is too strong for me... -- Gordon H Remove "invalid" to reply |
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I was in the habit on discarding tea bags into my compost bin, I also found that even after a year they had not broken down. I now dry said tea bags, rip them open and save the leaves in a container. The bags I discard to the rubbish bin, I think that they must be using some form of synthetic mesh. What worries me is that we don't know what it is made from, what worries me more is that we are drinking tea which may not be safe for human consumption!!! uriel13 |
Tea bags that rot down in compost
"Alan" wrote in message ... In message , mogga wrote Have you written to Typhoo to ask them if they will change the bags? You would be better off writing to the supermarket asking why their supplies are not going "green". -- Both these ideas are good. Typhoo should definitely be asked about why their tea bag*bags" do not rot down in an ordinary compost heap. They may reply wriggling about the issue. I've recently become concerned about what I feed my cat because ingredients in cat/dog food that were sourced in China killed many pets in the USA from kidney failure because it was contaminated with melamine to enhance the protein content when it was tested. So why not ask them about their sources? I did, and received reassurance that nothing in his food was sourced from China. Not so for his treats that were manufactured by Bob Martin. They were unable to identify where exactly the ingredients came from, and fiddled around by repeated e-mails that said "we are committed to the health of.." I take that as a no, then. They have no idea, and all the treats are in the bin. news2009 {at} admac {dot} myzen {dot} co {dot} uk |
Tea bags that rot down in compost
Timothy Murphy wrote:
Alan wrote: Surely you buy tea based on the quality of the tea and not the bag they put it in? http://www.guardian.co.uk/environmen...biodegradeable I think most civilised people drink loose leaf tea in Bodum glass infusers. Better for the palate and better for the garden. Sadly it is becoming steadily more difficult to find loose leaf tea in supermarkets. You might have to get the stuff by mail order - I'm lucky, I can drop in on ilkinson's (and another tea/coffee merchant in Norwich) - the only teabags I have in the house are used ones I've scrounged from fiends and rellies. I dry them (to entertain the neighbours?) on my washing line, then, when I feel like some mustard and cress, us them as mini growbags. /Owners of bitches, note:/ TAAAW, if you get bald patches in your lawn, sowing them with grass seed and patching the spots when the grass ha sprouted deprives the sparrows of the seed. -- Rusty |
Tea bags that rot down in compost
David Rance wrote:
On Fri, 10 Sep 2010 Timothy Murphy wrote: Surely you buy tea based on the quality of the tea and not the bag they put it in? I think most civilised people drink loose leaf tea in Bodum glass infusers. Do they??? Then I must be uncivilised since I make my tea in an old-fashioned teapot! A Bodum indeed! I know no-one who does such a thing! Coffee yes, tea no. Sadly it is becoming steadily more difficult to find loose leaf tea in supermarkets. I've never had problems finding loose leaf tea. I don't drink coffee so I would be severely deprived if I couldn't find loose leaf tea. Man after my own heart! Well, metaphorically, anyway... I only drink tea from loose-leaves, and don't touch coffee. I've about twenty five varieties of tea, and the infusion is nearly always in a pot, though sometimes Japanese tea or Gunpowder is made in a mug, as both can be infused three times, each infusion being finer than the preceding one - except the first one, for obvious reasons. Have a look at www.wilkinsonsofnorwich.com/ -- Rusty |
Tea bags that rot down in compost
Rusty Hinge wrote:
I have a couple of Bodum coffee infusers, now you have me wondering whether they could be used for tea... The tea infuser is a different beast to the coffee infuser. You can get a rather excellent fine mesh ball (which opens at its equator), either on a dingly-dangly chain, or on a 'press to open' handle, so you can swish it about. Wilkinson's (URL ^ up there) sell them I think I bought some at Whittards some time back - I seem to remember buying my nan a 'house' shaped one. Not sure why, she never drank tea, and if she ever occasionally did, it wouldn't have been loose leaf. |
Tea bags that rot down in compost
Rusty Hinge wrote:
I dry them (to entertain the neighbours?) on my washing line, then, when I feel like some mustard and cress, us them as mini growbags. Oh, what a great idea. I may have to suggest it to the school garden buddies group. |
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Tea bags that rot down in compost
David in Normandy wrote:
On 12/09/2010 11:55, mogga wrote: Have you written to Typhoo to ask them if they will change the bags? I does seem odd that in these days of encouraging the use of biodegradable materials that some manufacturers are going backwards in this respect. Unfortunately, the biodegradable ones seem to flavour the tea. -- Rusty |
Tea bags that rot down in compost
On Tue, 14 Sep 2010 Rusty Hinge wrote:
David Rance wrote: I've never had problems finding loose leaf tea. I don't drink coffee so I would be severely deprived if I couldn't find loose leaf tea. Man after my own heart! Well, metaphorically, anyway... I only drink tea from loose-leaves, and don't touch coffee. I've about twenty five varieties of tea, and the infusion is nearly always in a pot, though sometimes Japanese tea or Gunpowder is made in a mug, as both can be infused three times, each infusion being finer than the preceding one - except the first one, for obvious reasons. When I had 'flu some twenty-four years ago I was unable to drink tea with milk in it so I took to drinking Darjeeling tea. I still drink Darjeeling and I'm pleased to say that it is getting easier to find - even in France! Occasionally I treat myself and have some jasmine tea, though. David -- David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, UK http://rance.org.uk |
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Many years ago, the shop on my way to work stopped selling half pints of milk. So I worked my way ins succession through various solutions: 1) buy a pint every two days and try to keep it fresh without a fridge 2) carry milk in from home - lots of trouble with leaking screwtop bottles 3) moved over to lemons - but fresh lemons were too expensive 4) plastic lemon (don't ask) Finally, I found I could enjoy lapsang souchong without milk or lemon, so I went over to that. Now, I can drink any kind of tea without milk, and find it very difficult to drink with milk. But I've gone over to lapsang teabags because leaves aren't sold locally and I don't want a 10 mile trip into town every time I need to stock up on tea. I don't like the 'little ball on a chain' type infuser - they don't seem to give the leaves enough room - but then I'm talking about lapsang leaves, which are of the dimensions of shredded cabbage. Ordinary tea may be better. |
Tea bags that rot down in compost
Rusty Hinge wrote:
I dry them (to entertain the neighbours?) on my washing line, then, when I feel like some mustard and cress, us them as mini growbags. Oh, what a great idea. I may have to suggest it to the school garden buddies group. They'll love it - and you don't get bits of peat amongst the vegetation. I can just see them nipping into the staff room after break and washing out the teabags .. |
Tea bags that rot down in compost
kay wrote:
This will make Rusty cringe ... Many years ago, the shop on my way to work stopped selling half pints of milk. So I worked my way ins succession through various solutions: 1) buy a pint every two days and try to keep it fresh without a fridge Half a pint of milk a day? You make tea for the firm? A pint generally lasts me a week to ten days. 2) carry milk in from home - lots of trouble with leaking screwtop bottles Use bottles intended for drinks - fruit juice ones especially. I've taken those (with fruit juice - pomegranate, blueberry/apple etc) from Norfolk to Hants, and from Norfolk to Cheshire (and vice versa) on both coach and train, and never spilt a drop - except down my neck. (inside it...) 3) moved over to lemons - but fresh lemons were too expensive Buy a lemon tree, or better, a limonello, which has lemmings only a little larger than a pigeon's egg. 4) plastic lemon (don't ask) I will, in a jif. Plastic lemmings taste of sulphur dioxide. Finally, I found I could enjoy lapsang souchong without milk or lemon, so I went over to that. Very good, but a slice of lemon tends to attract most of the brown deposit which otherwise decorates the inside of your cup. Now, I can drink any kind of tea without milk, and find it very difficult to drink with milk. But I've gone over to lapsang teabags because leaves aren't sold locally and I don't want a 10 mile trip into town every time I need to stock up on tea. http://www.wilkinsonsofnorwich.com/ I don't like the 'little ball on a chain' type infuser - they don't seem to give the leaves enough room - but then I'm talking about lapsang leaves, which are of the dimensions of shredded cabbage. Ordinary tea may be better. The correct size (it splits on the circumference, and looks like two strainers, snogging) is only half-filled with leaves. After a about two minuets you do the hokey-kokey with it, (in, out, in out, and shake it all about...) I have veggie (and riceball) thingies which would molish tea for the regiment innit. -- Rusty |
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