Tea Fact: Who Invented The Tea Bag

Who Invented The Tea Bag?

Legend has it that Thomas Sullivan, a tea importer from New York City was angry at the high cost of tin boxes that he used to send samples to his customers.

Around 1904 Thomas Sullivan switched to small cloth bags. One recipient that received the cloth bag, brewed a pot of tea by simply pouring hot water over the bag and well, the rest is history!

Many tea lovers consider the teabag one of the worst invention of the 20th century since tea that is brewed loose, is generally much tastier than tea made from dunking tea bags.

It is a common myth that the tea that goes into teabags is lower quality than loose-leaf teas. This usually happens because many companies do in fact use low-grade filler tea, blend it with teas that give a nice color but no flavor and bag it up. The result is a tasteless cup of tea.

Teabags from Teporia, however are rich, flavorful and full bodied - in some cases, better than our competitors' loose teas!