Eco-friendly Tea Bag - Plastic Free Tea Bags By Upamanyu Borkakoty And Anshuman Bharali

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Plastic Pollution is a huge problem that has adverse consequences for all living beings and the environment. We often forget that the tea bags available in the market also contain plastic. Teabags contain up to 25 percent plastic. Each tea bag releases 11.6 million microplastics and 3.1 billion nano plastics approximately. The plastic released in every single cup of tea is harmful to human health. To deal with this problem, two friends, Upamanyu Borkakoty and Anshuman Bharali made eco-friendly tea bags.

The Idea of the Tea Business

Both the friends grew up in Sivasnagar and shifted to Delhi in search of jobs. The friends worked in their respective corporate jobs for four years. Unsatisfied with their work, they decided to move back to Assam and start a tea business. Tea is a delicacy that people all over India enjoy and savor daily. Additionally, Assam is one of the largest tea-producing regions in the world. Instantly, the duo knew that their business idea would be a success.

The Tea Leaf Theory
Upamanyu and Anshuman traveled to the northeast region. The duo found fifteen farmers who were interested ...
... in growing the finest tea. Each farmer is trained individually according to the soil and weather conditions of their land. The teabags from all the different farmers have a unique name. The teabags got named after the village they are producing them. The startup was named ‘The Tea Leaf Theory.’ Some of the villages that grow tea leaves for the startup are- Koliapani, Pareng, Mandal Gaon, and Latumoni.