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100 Years of Tea BagsTea may have had its profits, but sometimes there was a lot of loss. To get shipment from India and China costed a lot. Then you had to send metal cans to your customers for sample. Tired of high prices, Thomas Sullivan, a tea merchant, thought of the idea to change tin cans to tea bags in 1908! He just thought of the idea accidentally and it became a huge success, but the idea was stolen.
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100 Years of Tea BagsThe tea bag, sewn with a string at the top, was patented. This is nearly identical to the modern one we use today.
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100 Years of Tea Bags During the 1920's, tea bags become popular throughout the United States.
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Tea History The Lipton Tea Company patents a "novel four-sided tea bags also know as the flo-thru tea bags.
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100 Years of Tea BagsStaying with traditional tea "styles", the British did not start using tea bags until 1953.
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100 Years of Tea BagsIn the year of 1992, the company of Tetley introduced the new concept of round tea bags!
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100 Years of Tea BagsBrooke Bond introduces a new type of tea bag, a pyramid tea bag!
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100 Years of Tea BagsThe art of Tea Forté was inspired by tea bags, as a tea infuser, as beauty. It was created by Peter Hewitt. This art changed tea into a 5-star drink, invigorating a person's senses!
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UK Tea Council In the 1960s, tea bags made less than 3% of the British economy. By 2007, it made up 96% of the British economy. WOW!
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100 years of Tea bagsIn the year of 2008, it was the 100th anniversary of tea bags. Happy Birthday!
