My Favourite Things. 2- Tea

When Jo from Boobalou asked me to review some reusable tea bags for her I jumped at the chance and was also intrigued.  I love tea, any type.  The teabags are handmade by Made by Gutice and they are very, very cute.  Made of food grade muslin, organic cotton string and a wooden bead (which is functional as well as looks pretty)

There are two sizes, small and medium.  The small is perfect for one or two mugs of tea and the medium was great to use in a tea pot for a couple of uses.  I filled them up using a tea spoon, tightened the drawstring then used it in place of my normal tea bag.  Afterwards I just turned them inside out and gave them a rinse to get off any tea leaves and to get the residue out.  I also had a go at washing them after a few uses.  I used ecoballs and put the bags in a mesh laundry bag to protect them.  You don't want to be using detergent with them as you'll end up with really nasty tasting tea and lets face it.  Who really wants to eat detergent?

As you probably know already, tea does stain so they do come out looking darker than when they went in which is to be expected.  I used jasmine green tea in mine, it was given to me by a friend who came back with it from holiday and I didn't have a strainer or anything to put it in until now, so I'm a very happy bunny.  I wasn't paid for this review.