Day 39:It's As Easy As One, Two...Tea!

I love tea.

I may have mentioned this in my previous tea-related post, but I drink a LOT of tea - probably close to 6-8 cups a day.

This in turn generated a lot of waste since I was buying tea bags from the grocery store. So, while the tea-bags are compost-able (minus the staple), I also had to deal with all the packaging - which at the very least was a cardboard box and plastic bag. A lot of teas come in individually wrapped paper paper envelopes to boot.

So, with my volume of tea-consumption, something just had to change!

I decided to move to looseleaf tea -and there happens to be a looseleaf tea-store just a few blocks from where I live. But, looseleaf tea also comes with packaging, although rather minimal... what is a girl to do?
Well, what I did was bring along some tins (cocoa powder, the empty Tetley tea containers, etc that I had been saving) and sheepishly went to the tea-store to see if they would fill them for me.

The girls at Davids Tea were so friendly! They didn't laugh at me or give me the weird looks that I expected when I explained to them what I wanted. They helped me pick out some tasty teas and filled them into my cocoa tins and really made the whole experience super enjoyable - I will definitely be going  back there again with my cocoa tins!

I already have a looseleaf tea infuser at home, and recently purchased this wonderful teapot set at a second-hand store for the bargain price of $7 (it also came with 4 cups and a cute tray). Recall my post from Day 15 about not filling the kettle all the way, just as much as you need, and remember that its more efficient to make a pot of tea and keep it warm in pot with a cozy than make a bunch of individual cups.

Now I can drink my liters of tea each day and feel a little better that I am only producing a few teaspoons of compost-able tealeaves as waste!