![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/tesco-has-made-a-big-change-to-supermarket-essential/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0800-tuesday-23-file-photo-819792080.jpg&description=Exclusive SOMETHING'S BREWING Published : 8:30, 30 Jul 2023 Updated : 8:30, 30 Jul 2023 A ROW is brewing after Tesco revamped its own-label teabags - and they started spilling dust everywhere. The supermarket giant has made all of its teabags plant-based so they can be turned into compost, and got rid of the foil packaging inside the boxes. 1 All Tesco own-brand tea bags are now fully recyclable But shoppers have complained that small bits of tea are leaking out of the bags - leading to 'dusty' cuppas with unpleasant dregs at the bottom. It's also making a mess in people's kitchens. One customer wrote on the Tesco website: 'Ruined! I have bought these tea bags for decades but have switched brands now. 'Since switching to the 'box only' no-foil packaging the taste is reduced, there is tea dust everywhere and worst of all there is always a disgusting mulchy residue left at the bottom of the cup composed of the dust presumably. 'I'm all for more ecological packaging but not if it's at the expense of the product itself being undrinkable. That's a false ecology.' Another added: 'The new packaging is terrible. "The bags need to be decanted into an airtight container now to keep fresh, but doing so is impossible as fine tea powder goes everywhere. 'It also falls out of the cracks in the box even before opening, so I've spent 15 minutes cleaning the worktops and a trail of dust. "I won't be buying this any more, despite being my favourite tea for years.' One customer thought they spotted a difference in the texture of the teabag, saying in a review: "Looking at the actual tea bag and comparing it with one from the previous box it is obvious that it is made differently - it's more 'holey' - this is presumably why the dust is escaping. "Won't be using in future unless they are changed back." Stockwell & Co teabags, one of Tesco's brands, have also been affected, with one angry customer writing: 'LOVED these teabags until the packaging changed, now all I get is dust. "Have){kind=link}
A ROW is brewing after Tesco revamped its own-label teabags – and they started spilling dust everywhere.
The supermarket giant has made all of its teabags plant-based so they can be turned into compost, and got rid of the foil packaging inside the boxes.
But shoppers have complained that small bits of tea are leaking out of the bags – leading to “dusty” cuppas with unpleasant dregs at the bottom.
It’s also making a mess in people’s kitchens.
One customer wrote on the Tesco website: “Ruined! I have bought these tea bags for decades but have switched brands now.