Saturday, September 15, 2012

do u know when n where Tea bags originated...


did u know ?
when n where Tea bags originate...
A tea bag is a small, porous sealed bag containing tea leaves and used for brewing tea. Tea bags are commonly made of paper, silk or plastic.
Some tea bags have an attached piece of string with a paper label at the top.
The first tea bags were hand-sewn silk bags and tea bag patents date as early as 1903. First appearing commercially around 1904, tea 

bags were successfully marketed by the tea and coffee shop merchant Thomas Sullivan from New York.
Modern tea bags are usually made of paper fibre.
Traditionally, tea bags have been square or rectangular in shape. More recently circular and pyramidal bags have come on the market.
A wide variety of teas, including herbal teas, are available in tea bags. Tea bags use fannings, the left-overs after larger leaf pieces are gathered for sale. Fannings are small pieces of tea that are left over after higher grades of tea are gathered to be sold.
Today, bagged tea can be bought in countless varieties and flavors.

No comments:

Post a Comment