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COULD GMO PLASTIC BE IN YOUR ORGANIC TEABAG?

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First time saw a nylon teabags thought was how pretty they were.  It was so nice to see the beautiful buds of flowers so clearly inside the teabag.  Didn't remember seeing that before.  While dipping the nylon plastic teabag into my cup, got an uncomfortable feeling about the fact the bag looked plastic and I was dipping in boiling hot water.  Doesn't plastic melt and what kind of material was used to make this? Became clear after talking to Brian Durkee, Chief Operating Officer at Numi Organic Tea.  Since they work to bring the purest tea products, they were outraged to see that even organic companies were using these nylon teabags made from GMO corn and started an educational campaign to raise awareness.  Consumers had no way of knowing there are different levels of quality and source ingredients in materials used to make teabags conventional and organic. Hear what he has to say below.

Numi Organic Tea Stands By Every Ingredient and Step To Make Products
Fair Trade, purity, and quality of everything touching their tea, including teabags important to Numi

Brian Durkee, Numi Tea, Chief Operating Officer at Jasmine Flower Farm in China

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LISTEN TO BRIAN DURKEE NUMI ORGANIC TEA HERE

Why Tea Manufacturers Want to Use Nylon Tea Bags 

Nylon mesh teabags made from GMO corn turned into plastic.  Can even be found in USDA Certified Organic tea products.
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Nylon Mesh GMO Plastic Teabags
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  • Can reduce cost of goods which with then increase profit margin for manufacturers. Nylon does not rip or tear as easy as tissue paper teabags so less damage when bags are filled with tea during production. Less thrown away, more product to sell, and therefore more profit. Apparently "tea dust" not allowed with the tissue type of bag, but the fine mesh of nylon plastic can hold this dust so more weight and again more profit.
  • Tea makers could get by with using less tea per teabag if more of the flavor compounds (usually oils) in the tea leaves were getting into the water and NOT sticking to the nylon fibers as much as the traditional tissue paper fibers. So more flavor with less tea per bag.  Less tea used, more profit.
  • The GMO nylon plastic bags are big enough to put loose tea in them so the translucent bag can display whole dried flower buds that are pretty to look and appeal to the customer.  Plastic teabag makers claim "water can flow freely through the tea bag for better infusion and provides breathing space for the tea leaves to completely open up and better circulate."
  • Can't be composted, but manufacturers using them think greatest percentage of people probably don't compost many teabags anyway.  The attractive teabags are also a plus for restaurants and other foodservice operations.
  • More stores are stocking brands using nylon and replacing the tissue paper varieties.  Even some organic tea companies have opted to use the nylon bags made from GMO corn turned into plastic for all the reasons above, profit. Pouring boiling water on plastic would have to release plastic molecules into tea.

Numi Organic Tea is Quality You Can Trust

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Our favorite Numi Organic Tea flavor, antioxidant filled Emperor's Pu erh used in healing for centuries. The tea leaves come from 500 year old plants grown in a remote area of China. Numi works directly with farmers and uses Fair Trade practices. Numi is also certified to be a GMO free product so NO GMO plastic teabags.
Ingredients for tea can be exposed to pesticide drift or pesticide use, unknown fertilizer sources (sewage sludge), heavy metals, cross contamination with poisonous plants, picking at the wrong stage of maturity, improper drying/processing after picked to ensure the highest level of active ingredients such as antioxidant preservation are all things you should want from your organic tea as those contaminants can go into your body and cause harm, plus you want the highest concentration of potential nutrition and healing plant chemicals/oils that you can get in one cup of tea. For sweeter tea add organic raw honey as first choice.
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NUMI ORGANIC TEA INTRODUCES NEW SAVORY TEA CHOICES 
FROM VEGGIES & SPICES SO ALSO LOW CALORIE & SATISFYING BETWEEN/WITH MEALS

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Numi's new savory teas are only 5-7 calories per bag and full body tasting so also satisfying.  Reach for a Numi Savory Teabag instead of a bag of chips and save yourself hundreds of calories and pounds. Good source of veggie antioxidants.
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Learn more about Numi Savory Teas by watching our interview at the Fresh Ideas Tent at Expo West.

Try other Numi Tea Products Including Flowering Leaf, Iced, Bulk for Foodservice, and Bottled

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