Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca • 9 months ago

TIL that teabags were invented by accident. In 1908, a New York tea merchant sent tea samples to customers in small silk bags. The customers put the bags directly in hot water, and the teabag was born

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TIL that teabags were invented by accident. In 1908, a New York tea merchant sent tea samples to customers in small silk bags. The customers put the bags directly in hot water, and the teabag was born

Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca • 9 months ago

UK Tea & Infusions Association - The Humble Tea Bag

The invention of the tea bag in the twentieth century was a development that would radically change our tea-drinking habits forever.

Bonus: The Britons were reluctant to the new American invention for a long time. In the early 1960s tea bags only made up 3% of the market, but in 2007 it had risen to 96%.

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