How to Use loose-leaf in a Sentence

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• Fruit peels, veggie cores, egg shells, coffee grounds, cooked pasta, and loose-leaf tea are fair game.
  — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 June 2026
• Both heading and non-heading or loose-leaf lettuces are available.
  — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 21 Mar. 2025
• Both heading and non-heading or loose-leaf lettuces are available.
  — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 12 Apr. 2026
• Afterward, head next door to their British grocery shop to pick up sweets and loose-leaf teas to take home.
  — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 9 Feb. 2025
• There’s a tea chest — like a bar cart, except topped with four glass jars filled with loose-leaf tea bags and stocked with speckled beige mugs.
  — Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 23 Aug. 2023
• This easy recipe calls for just six ingredients, including loose-leaf masala chai tea.
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Apr. 2023
• Sip your choice of 18 different types of loose-leaf tea or a glass of Champagne.
  — Sarah Bray, Town & Country, 21 June 2023
• Stick to loose-leaf teas, light finger foods, like scones and sandwiches, and charming tableware.
  — Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Apr. 2025
• Stick to loose-leaf teas, light finger foods, like scones and sandwiches, and charming tableware.
  — Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Aug. 2025
• Making loose-leaf tea is a lot more fun with a tea infuser, and is generally less messy than tea bags.
  — Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 16 May 2023
• Expect champagne, premium loose-leaf tea and towers of treats.
  — Kathryn Streeter, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
• Each drawer contains an organic and vegan tea in loose-leaf form.
  — Melanie Fincher, Southern Living, 23 Oct. 2023
• Gather your favorite loose-leaf or bagged tea, water, and brew a batch—summer sipping is moments away.
  — Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 21 May 2025
• Rubens saw a gap between supermarket tea and premium loose-leaf tea.
  — Alejandra Rojas, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
• When looking at loose-leaf tea versus bagged tea, there are some considerations.
  — Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 8 June 2023
• With moderate caffeine, this loose-leaf tea is excellent for making iced tea.
  — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 19 June 2026
• The mature audience member’s tea of choice is loose-leaf dandelion.
  — Sarah Garfinkel, The New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2024
• First, traditional tea parties always use loose-leaf tea—never bagged.
  — Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Aug. 2025
• Another way to avoid plastic from tea is to switch to loose-leaf tea and a plastic-free tea strainer, such as those made from stainless steel.
  — Hatty Willmoth, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
• Drinking loose-leaf tea is probably the best way to limit your exposure to microplastics.
  — Caroline Hopkins Legaspi, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2025
• The cafe also serves small-batch loose-leaf Chinese teas from Tea Drunk, and Taiwanese beer.
  — Stephanie Breijostaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2023
• Each monthly box comes with enough loose-leaf and bagged tea for over 16 cups plus steeping guidelines and tasting notes for each variety.
  — Taylor Fox, Travel + Leisure, 23 Oct. 2023
• The Tea Infuser Strainer opens it up to loose-leaf tea and fruit infusions.
  — New Atlas, 12 May 2026
• During his time at Dunbar, Tupac arrived most mornings with three thick binders jammed with loose-leaf paper.
  — Jeff Pearlman, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
• Researchers also looked at the differences between loose-leaf and commercially bagged tea.
  — Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 26 Feb. 2025
• Traditional coffee, loose-leaf tea and refreshers are also on the menu alongside a few pastries.
  — Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 13 Mar. 2026
• Owned by John Runion, Necessity roasts its own beans and serves a menu of espresso drinks, as well as loose-leaf teas and pastries.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
• These include pencils, dry-erase markers, coloring supplies, loose-leaf paper and tissue boxes.
  — Marina Johnson, The Indianapolis Star, 9 May 2024
• The menu features a variety of coffee drinks, matcha lattes and loose-leaf teas, with pastries from Bakers Kneaded.
  — Angela Osorio, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2026
• The general rule is about one teaspoon of loose-leaf tea per 1 cup of water; for large quantities, aim for 1 to 1½ ounces of tea per gallon of water.
  — Becky Krystal, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024