Have you ever thought about what’s inside the typical tea bag, besides the tea?

Awareness around microplastics in food and beverages has grown, and tea drinkers are starting to ask harder questions about what's in their cup beyond the leaves themselves.

We hate to tell you this but many mainstream tea bags are sealed with a thin layer of polypropylene, a type of plastic, to keep them from falling apart in hot water. That plastic also doesn't steep out of the bag. It stays in your cup and eventually ends up in the compost bin or landfill where it won't break down.

Of course the tea’s packaging matters as well. Single-use wrappers, non-recyclable tins and foil sachets add up fast when you’re drinking 1-3 cups a day.

For Canadians looking to reduce plastic in their daily routines, the tea habit is a surprisingly easy place to start, and JusTea can help.

What JusTea Does Differently

Plastic-Free Tea Bags

JusTea's tea bags are completely plastic-free, unbleached, and compostable. Better for you, and for the planet.

Recyclable & Reusable Packaging

For our loose-leaf tea, JusTea uses tins and pouches that are 100% recyclable or reusable.

Additionally, our women’s co-op tea bag collection comes in recyclable boxes

Why Loose Leaf Tea Is the Most Sustainable Choice

Because JusTea's loose leaf teas come in reusable tins and resealable refill pouches, you can buy the tin once and refill it rather than replacing the whole package each time. The large tea refill pouches are a good example of this, offering significantly more tea (180+ cups) with less packaging per cup than competitor boxes of tea bags.

Loose leaf tea in Canada is still a smaller market than bagged tea, but it is growing. And from a waste standpoint, it just makes a lot of sense. No bag, no wrapper, no individual sachet. Just leaves, your strainer, and your favourite mug.

Making your tea’s journey even more sustainable, JusTea is a Canadian tea company with Kenyan farming roots, and the supply chain is short and transparent by design. Farmer-direct sourcing means fewer stops between the garden and your cup, which is good for freshness and good for accountability to the earth.

If you are ready to ditch the plastic and try something better, our loose leaf tea is the place to start. And if you prefer a bag, JusTea's compostable tea bags are just as green.