The process of brewing tea was shown to remove toxic heavy metals from drinking water in a new study from Northwestern University in Illinois. The researchers explain the findings to Fox News Digital.

People are being encouraged to 'rethink' their drinking habits, especially if they enjoy a cup of tea and use tea bags. The ...

Researchers at Northwestern University estimate tea preparation can reduce about 15 per cent of toxic metals from drinking ...

Overall, the researchers concluded that a typical cup of tea (one mug of water with one tea bag steeped for three to five minutes) could filter out approximately 15% of lead from the water—even ...

Another cleaning tip is to use green tea bags to remove grease from your dirty dishes. Just add tea bags to your dishwater and soak the dishes. After a few minutes, the grease will come off easily, ...

This finding applies only to a “typical” cup of tea, or one mug of water and one bag of tea, which is brewed for three to five minutes. Changing the parameters remediates different levels of lead.

A video clip shared on TikTok, by @minghaoswyfe, showed Sophie's uncle attempted to stir his tea bag around his very milky cup of tea. It looks like the milk was added into the drink first.