These teabags are great!! The bags cinch great and don’t let any of the loose tea out.A good buy for herbal tea makers like me! Make great gifts for ladies and for Christmas.Used these for loose tea. Sturdy and get no flavor from actual bag. Only the delicious tea flavor comes through!Sturdy, easy to use. Simply the best bag I've ever used! Tried to tear and poke a hole in bag with my finger after brewing, and it wouldn't tear.HelloI find these tea bags to be very useful. They work as intended. I drink loose leaf tea every day and I get tired of washing the metal device that I use to put the tea in. I what to try some thing new. What is also great is that its portable. I can make up a bag and bring it to work if I what.However, supposed to leave room for the leaves to swell, so I use 1 tsp.These worked great! I had them at a formal tea party and all of my guests were impressed with how nice my Loose tea looked.I love mixing and combining my loose teas and these work very well. They are very sturdy and you can use them twice if you are so inclined. Each package has 4 zip lock bags filled with tea bags and is so easy and convenient to use. I highly recommend!Came across this item when I was searching for cotton teabags - the title is a bit misleading and most of the reviews are inaccurate. Turns out most people can't tell the texture of cotton by touch, the one person who said this is made of plastics (pp/pe) is correct. Just do a simple lighter burn test (as per my photos) - the string IS made from cotton but that's about it, the teabag burns like regular plastic.So just be aware of what you're buying into. I don't normally bother leaving Amazon reviews but this one pissed me off enough to leave this as a heads-up to potential buyers.