Disposing of Teabags?

[NothingRhymesWithRachel]

(I'm not sure if this is in the right place. I mean, it's about tea, but not making it. Let me know, Mods!)

Okay so I'm a tea person. In the morning I need a good cuppa to get me going, and I imagine that next year's week-long camping trip to Scotland won't prove to be any exception to the rule.

But I will be honest, I have no idea what to do with my used teabags when I'm out there! Can you bury them? Do you dry them out and stuff them in your little bag of rubbish to dispose of later? Throw them on the stove and use them as fuel?

Very interested to hear suggestions. I'm not a fan of loose tea (seems too messy; a light wind and I might end up covered in the stuff hahaha), or coffee.

 

[GGTBod]

I burn mine, they also make great tinder if you dry them out, i drink a lot of tea when out and about in the wilds

 

[Dave]

I have your solution fair maiden!

Freeze dried tea! A fishing buddy introduced me to it.

Yes, tea granules. I'd never heard of them either, not bad though.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00DBCLF...m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_r=0B1HHDQYCPEDTZMZ2DKG

 

[GGTBod]

Bah Dave how could you?? I haven't had granulated instant tea in years but last time i did it was foul

 

[NothingRhymesWithRachel]

I have your solution fair maiden!

Freeze dried tea! A fishing buddy introduced me to it.

Yes, tea granules. I'd never heard of them either, not bad though.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00DBCLF...m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_r=0B1HHDQYCPEDTZMZ2DKG

Oh my, looks like the kind of thing you'd resort to if you had to live in a war bunker looool. Maybe I'll tentatively order a jar, give it a bash before I go out there

 

[Dave]

Hi Rachel, yes I thnk you havehit the nail on the head. There must be a trick to it though, as when my mate makes it before we go fishing sitting on the back of his boot pulling on our waders, its tastes great! When Ive made it though it only barely tastes like tea. But for transporting around its convenient. Deffo worth a go anyway I think. Good Luck!

 

[GGTBod]

Yeah good tip as well is take your favourite tea bags with you when you go to USA as you can't buy good teabags there for love or money, i took 480 PG Tips with me for a 6 week trip

 

[Dave]

But but......:yikes:.........it was a solo trip! Have you slept since your return?

 

[GGTBod]

i almost ran out of tea bags, that would have led to sleepless nights for sure

 

[Dave]

Thats over 10 tea bags per day. Presumably you use Yorkshire Tea?

Ive seen you GGT, online at 3-4am on BCUSA.....

Are you a bit of an insomniac then mate?

Oh...your a PG tips man. Im not a fan of the scented perfumed Twinings varieties. Has to b a builders tea. Spoon stands up by itself.

 

[forestwalker]

Another alternative is loose leaf tea and a filter. For black teas one of the "mesh ball spoons" work very well, for the green japanese teas you need greater volume and need to use somethjing else (they need to expand a lot more in order to develop flavoiur propoerly).

If you have a larger filter then you can easier use wild teas picked on the spot as well...

 

[NothingRhymesWithRachel]

Yeah good tip as well is take your favourite tea bags with you when you go to USA as you can't buy good teabags there for love or money, i took 480 PG Tips with me for a 6 week trip

You sir are a tea GOD. You're like the PG Tips Monkeh.

 

[Dave]

How many sugars in your Tea then?

 

[GGTBod]

no sugar for me just milk, i learnt to like powdered milk when i am out in the field

 

[GGTBod]

Thats over 10 tea bags per day. Presumably you use Yorkshire Tea?

Ive seen you GGT, online at 3-4am on BCUSA.....

Are you a bit of an insomniac then mate?

Oh...your a PG tips man. Im not a fan of the scented perfumed Twinings varieties. Has to b a builders tea. Spoon stands up by itself.

yeah mate due to my back issues i don't get much sleep at all, i like Yorkshire tea too but it is expensive and i always seem to catch the large boxes of PG on special offer

 

[Dave]

Yeh it is expensive. But on that course in Sweden, someone had left behind a box of Yorkshire tea, but all the dutch and swedish would drink were the twinings raspberry, etc, bloody wierd.

I soon had them on the idea of sugar and milk. I think Ive run out of stuff to say about Tea now. :theyareon

No Europeans seem to know what a sausage is either. But thats another thread for the future!

A full english breakfast does not include a cold plate of beans and a frankfurter!!!!

 

[mick91]

yeah mate due to my back issues i don't get much sleep at all, i like Yorkshire tea too but it is expensive and i always seem to catch the large boxes of PG on special offer

If you buy Yorkshire in bulk it's pretty reasonable.http://www.amazon.co.uk/Yorkshire-Tea-Traditional-1200-Bags/dp/B004QPHXL4 assuming you drink 10 cups a day (in not far shy myself) that's a 4 month supply for under a score

 

[mick91]

Generally speaking I use loose leaf tea now. I've become a tea snob. Just have a tea infuser (comically shaped like a little bloke) and pour the used leaves out, I refuse to believe tea is environmentally unsound when it's rotting down. I could however literally kill for a cup at the moment. If I find a used bag on this dump don't anyone judge me!

 

[sunndog]

I have your solution fair maiden!

Freeze dried tea! A fishing buddy introduced me to it.

Yes, tea granules. I'd never heard of them either, not bad though.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00DBCLF...m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_r=0B1HHDQYCPEDTZMZ2DKG

My mrs bought a jar of that a while ago dave, twerent bad at all tbh

 

[Goatboy]

Have you tried the dried/granules Turkish style lemon or apple tea from Aldi/Lidl? It's mainly sugar but gives a nice lift on a misserable day. You could also always try making tea from what you forage. Nettle, larch/pine needles, wild mint and so on then you don't have to worry about introducing foreign matter into fragile environments. (Things like banana skins on high-ish mountain tops annoys me as they breakdown and affect the delicate balance of the soil).
Though I love a good cuppa tea or coffee most of the time I just drink boiled water these days. You could always drop a Tic-Tac® or Polo® into the water if you want a minty drink of a boiled sweet if you want something fruity or medicinal like horehound. Boiled sweets and the likes leaves you nothing to dispose of afterwards.

Sent via smoke-signal from a woodland in Scotland.