50-Piece Muslin Drawstring Bags - 3x4 Inch Small Cotton Cloth Pouches for Jewelry, Wedding Favors, Party Gifts & Home Organization (Natural Sachet Bags)

The main draw to these bags is that they are cheap. For this reason, they make an excellent option for reusable loose leaf tea bags. That's exactly why I bought them. When the price for 50 of these is the same as what I pay for 5 at local stores, I figure it's tough to go wrong. And that's pretty much exactly where this product lands: good for the price, but not amazing.Compared to Regency brand muslin bags, the cloth used for these bags is quite thin. I believe the reason for this is that the thread used in the Regency muslin is a bit thicker than the thread used in these. In general, this is kind of nice because these thinner bags are easier to flip inside out and don't get too stiff after washing and drying them. But on a few of my bags (two out of the ten I've used so far), the weaker thread couldn't stand up to rinsing and wringing the bag out. The thread tore at the stitches in these two, and right in the trash they went.Despite the failure of those two bags, the other eight I've been using so far have been great. I lend them out to friends at the office for loose tea, and so far each bag has survived over a dozen uses. After brewing the tea, we simply rinse the bag under cold water to get it to a comfortable temperature, squeeze the water out of it, then take it over to the trash can and flip it inside out to get the tea out. The tea that's left stuck to the bag's walls then gets rinsed out and the bag wrung again to get excess water out. Using them in this way, I can keep on using these bags until they die on me.I feel I've gotten my money's worth out of the eight that have lasted as long as they have already, but even so, the quality is hit or miss for each individual bag. Just test your bags by getting them wet and wringing them dry before using them for a big job like spices in a soup or something if you absolutely don't want any solid bits getting into your food or drink. That hasn't happened with most of my bags, but it has with the two I mentioned. Something to keep in mind.