Tea

The Advantages Of A Tea Bag
Michalis 'BIG Mike' Kotzakolios


Defined Tag: Tea Bag.

In early days, a tea strainer was used to hold the tea leaves so that it wouldn't get into your water.  These tea strainer's can be quite fancy and come in different shapes and materials. Modern times have negated the use of the tea strainer with the invention of the tea bag.  A tea bag is a sachet used to hold the tea leaves, usually it has a string so you can easily dip in and out of your water.

The first bags were made of silk but later were made with gauze or paper. The tea bag paper is similar to the material that makes up the coffee and milk filters. It is a mixture of fibers which is usually the pulp of the abaca hemp. The abaca hemp is a small tree usually grown in Colombia and the Philippines.

While many people still like to collect and use tea strainer is, the tea bag has been in commercial production since the 20th century. Though tea leaves are still in production and very much in demand among tea lovers, mainstream marketing of bags is very successful. Almost 80 % of available teas in the market are available in bags. The loose tea leaves are used by traditionalists and tea lovers with sensitive taste or personal preferences.

Much like the fast food business, the tea bag has modernized tea drinking.  But with this modernization comes problems and one is freshness.  When tea leaves are crammed inside the tea bag they can actually get cramped and become of lower quality.  For this reason many diehard tea lovers will only use the loose tea leaves when they brew tea.

Although some tea lovers claim that the tea leaves inside the tea bags have a very poor quality and so results in an unpleasant tea taste, there are still a large number of tea lovers who claim otherwise. Nevertheless, the use of bags is still regarded very convenient and is therefore a successful commodity in the market.