Loose leaf tea or tea bags?

[zenshaver]

After having tried both I have to say that loose leaf tea infused in a small teapot has to be the best hands down. I like my japanese sencha and sencha in a teabag is real bad. Fresh sencha in a teapot is sooo much better.

[littlesilverbladefromwale]

I don't know about those foreign teas. But here in England I mean Wales we tend to favour tea bags now.
What we (my wife and I) do find makes the most difference is making the tea in a pot rather than making it in the cup.
My grandad did use loose Glengettie tea in a smallish pot and it was always nice.

[zenshaver]

Perhaps freshness is a factor too. The looseleaf I have been getting is most likely a lot fresher than tea that I can get in bags.I have also found that the looseleaf is a lot stronger. Maybe because I am using more? I am not sure.I do know that the sencha I am getting in bags tastes nothing like the looseleaf I can get.The loosleaf has a more grassy flavor and is stronger. Whereas, the bags have a very dull taste to them and don't taste grassy at all.It almost tastes like tetleys I can get in bags.

[netsurfr]

After drinking infused tea, I will only drink tea-bag tea as a very, very, very last resort!

[zenshaver]

Yes, I am hooked.

[JMS]

Loose leaf here!

[kahunamoose]

I don’t know this as fact, but it’s good for a friendly insult. I tell bag tea drinking friends that the stuff in their bags is just the refuse left over after the loose leaf product is finished. I do prefer the taste of loose brewed to this extent.

[iron maiden]

I like loose leaf tea, but will use teabag tea on occasion.