Trivia The tea bag was an accidental invention

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The tea bag was an accidental invention​

In 1908, New York tea merchant Thomas Sullivan sent samples of tea leaves to some of his customers in You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.. Many of the recipients assumed that the bags were supposed to be used in the same way as the metal infusers. So, they put the entire bag into the teapot, rather than emptying out its contents.

After such positive feedback from the happy accident, Sullivan designed intentional tea bags for commercial production. In the 1920s, his sachets made of gauze—and later, paper—included the string with the tag hanging over the side so the bag could be easily removed. Some things really do stay the same.

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