RETRO Junior Bakeware Set

Who Invented the
Teabag?

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 the rest
is history.
Many tea lovers consider
the teabag one of the
worst inventions of the
20th century since tea
that is brewed loose, is
generally much tastier
than tea make from
dunking teabags.