Rooted Organic Green Tea (Microplastic Free)
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Rooted Organic Green Tea scores 100/100. The closest thing on the market to a perfect bagged tea: a single organic ingredient brewed in stitched 100% unbleached cotton bags — no polypropylene heat seal, no PLA, no nylon mesh. Independently lab-tested by PolyGone Systems (2025 certification ID #AS10222025), a third-party microplastic analysis lab, and confirmed microplastic-free. This sidesteps the single issue that drags down virtually every other bagged tea on the market, where Hernandez et al. 2019 (Environ. Sci. Technol., McGill) and Banaei et al. 2024 (Chemosphere, UAB Barcelona) measured billions of nano- and microplastic particles released per cup from plastic-containing bags brewed at 95 °C. The tea itself is single-ingredient organic green tea — catechins, EGCG, and ~25 mg L-theanine per cup deliver the well-studied calm-focus profile without the plastic load. No natural flavors, no citric acid, no fillers.
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Stitched unbleached cotton tea bag (Microplastic-free)Very Good
Rooted's tea bags are 100% unbleached cotton, stitched closed instead of heat-sealed — there is no polypropylene, PLA, or nylon used anywhere in the bag construction. Independently verified by PolyGone Systems (2025, ID #AS10222025), a specialized third-party microplastic analysis lab. This is the decisive variable for bagged tea: Hernandez et al. 2019 measured ~11.6 billion microplastic and ~3.1 billion nanoplastic particles released per cup from plastic-containing bags at 95 °C, and Banaei et al. 2024 confirmed particle uptake by human intestinal cells in vitro. Cotton stitched bags eliminate that exposure entirely.
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Single-ingredient organic green tea provides catechins (notably EGCG), polyphenols, and ~25 mg of L-theanine per cup. Multiple meta-analyses (Hartley et al. 2013; Yi 2017) show modest cardiovascular and metabolic benefits at habitual intake. The L-theanine + caffeine combination is one of the most well-studied calm-focus pairings in the literature. USDA Organic certification reduces pesticide exposure relative to conventionally grown tea, where DDT, glyphosate, and chlorpyrifos residues are commonly detected.
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