As Good Housekeeping previously noted, polypropylene is often used to seal paper tea bags. Some tea bags that are marketed as "mesh" are even made entirely of woven nylon or polyester: "They ...

This problem is linked to tea bags where the actual bag itself is made out of plastic material, not the paper bags that are more common. These plastic tea bags are more often linked to the higher ...

As of 2008, tea bags made up 96% of the tea market in the UK, a total surprisingly more than in the United States around that same time, where tea bags only held about a 90% share vs. loose-leaf tea.

The packaging of tea bags has undergone quite a few changes in the recent years. They no longer come stapled or glued, but ...