Full Leaf Tea Company is a fast-growing tea brand in the US. The brand describes their product line as "premium loose leaf tea."

But does Full Leaf Tea Company sell tea with proven health benefits? Do their products contain any unhealthy additives? What was our experience purchasing and testing this brand? And is Full Leaf Tea Company better or worse than popular tea brands like Snarky Tea?

In this article we'll answer all of these questions and more, as we analyze the ingredients in Full Leaf Tea Company to give our take on whether or not this brand is a healthy option.

We'll also share our honest experience purchasing and testing this brand, and compare Full Leaf Tea Company to other popular tea brands to pick our winners (and losers).

Key takeaways:

• Loose leaf tea is healthier than bagged tea
• Full Leaf Tea is organic-certified without unhealthy additives
• We currently recommend Full Leaf Tea Company

Is Full Leaf Tea Company Healthy?

There are two reasons we consider Full Leaf Tea Company to be healthier than the average tea brand:

1. Their tea is sold in loose leaf format
2. Their tea is certified organic

Loose leaf tea is generally a healthier option than bagged tea, because only the tea leaves (and not the bagging material) is heated under boiling water.

Plastic tea bags release billions of microplastics according to a clinical trial published in the Environmental Science & Technology journal.

Not all bagged tea uses plastic, but as a general rule, loose leaf tea is safer.

Certified organic tea is lower in harmful contaminants, on average.

Organically-grown food products (including tea) have been shown in at least one meta-review to be significantly lower in pesticides, as we documented in our best Earl Grey tea article.

The ingredients used by Full Leaf Tea are often backed by clinical studies proving health benefits:

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Echinacea was shown in a medical review to be effective in preventing illness.

We currently recommend Full Leaf Tea Company because the brand uses research-backed tea leaves, in loose leaf format, without any unhealthy additives.

We Tested Full Leaf Tea Company

As the author of this article, I wanted to purchase and test Full Leaf Tea Company myself to share my thoughts on the purchase experience, as well as the product effects.

I purchased Epimedium tea, better known as horny goat weed, as a part of our Viagra vs horny goat weed review article.

The tea was sourced from China, so I had some concerns about potential heavy metal contamination, and the customer support rep I reached out to actually sent me a CoA document showing relatively low heavy metal levels:

I tested this tea myself over the course of several weeks and found the taste to be better than a previous horny goat weed tea I've tried, and also found that the product was effective for its intended purpose (it increased my libido):

Overall, I consider Full Leaf Tea Company to be a high quality brand that I would purchase from again, and I rate the brand 9/10.

Full Leaf Tea Company vs. Popular Tea Brands

Here's how Full Leaf Tea Company compares to other popular tea brands in terms of healthiness, in our opinion:

MenoSlim Tea

This popular weight loss tea brand contains natural flavor, which is a broad categorization that can include synthetic preservatives.

Upon our most recent analysis, Menoslim Tea contained no active ingredients we considered effectively-dosed for weight loss.

Full Leaf Tea Company has the advantage from both a potential efficacy and healthiness standpoint.

Winner: Full Leaf Tea Company

Snarky Tea

Some herbal blends sold by this brand contain ingredients we consider unhealthy, as we documented in our Snarky Tea reviews article.

We give Full Leaf Tea Company the edge from a health perspective.

Winner: Full Leaf Tea Company

Traditional Medicinals

Like Full Leaf Tea Company, this brand uses certified organic herbal tea ingredients and no unhealthy additives.

Traditional Medicinals uses tea bags, but they are plastic-free.

Winner: Tie

Full Leaf Tea Company Pros and Cons

Pros:

• Loose leaf tea
• Certified Organic
• We purchased and experienced good customer support
• Company provides CoAs
• We tested and experienced positive product benefits
• Uses research-backed teas in blends

Cons:

• CoAs are only available upon request and are not published on website

Conclusion

Full Leaf Tea Company is a high-quality tea brand, and we currently recommend this brand.

The company uses exclusively loose leaf tea, which reduces the risk of microplastic contamination from tea bags.

The company uses exclusively Certified Organic tea, which reduces the risk of toxic pesticide ingestion.

We purchased and tested Full Leaf Tea Company Epimedium tea, and found it to be higher quality than the previous herbal tea of this type that we tested.

The brand furnished a CoA upon request showing that the batch we purchased was low in heavy metal contaminants, which is rare in our experience when requesting such testing from brands.

Our only suggestion to this brand for improvement would be to transparently publish this CoA testing documents on each product page for consumers to access without needing to request it.