One of the basic and the most primary element in paper products are wood cellulose. But if you are looking at making tea bags out of wood cellulose then the paper should not contain linen or cotton fibers. Now making tea bags of cellulose of tea bags is not only economical and nature friendly, it is even flexible. In this way, you can create your own tea by mixing various kinds of tea leaves, and there by producing tea bags out of wood cellulose, that defines your personality and tastes.

Your very own tea bag

Your tea bags out of wood cellulose can be used to also mix various spices and teas together, and as they are portable it Spices and herbs can also be blended into the tea leaf mix which can go into those tea bags out of wood cellulose. This can easily be carried around and you can therefore take it to work or when you travel. You can also pass it on to friends and family like a personalized gift.

Step by step process

The first step to making tea bags out of wood cellulose is to decide the type of tea you want to use. From a variety of loose teas pick up that which suits you best like herbal teas; green tea, white tea, black tea and blue teas. You can also opt for caffeinated and decaffeinated teas. Once this is chosen, before you start making tea bags of cellulose, choose the flavoring for your tea - from popular ones like jasmine, cinnamon, ginger and lavender flowers.

Once this is all done the next step is to buy the biodegradable tea bags with an open top. Do remember to check the make of the paper. For tea bags out of wood cellulose you have to buy bags without any cloth – cotton or linen – fibers. These kind of bags are available in specialty stores, and you can even find tea bags out of wood cellulose that are made from organic fibers and which are food graded and biodegradable.

The next step is the toughest. You need to know how much of tea to add while making tea bags out of cellulose. You might have to test it a couple of times – a tea bag that is under filled will give light tea ad if it is filled too much then the tea will be very strong. Once this is done fold the tea bags out of wood cellulose, and stitch it up, leaving a longer thread that is tied on one end. There now your biodegradable tea bags out of wood cellulose is all done.

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