Turns Out 90% of People Brew Tea Bags Wrong: Here's What to Do With the Label

21.05.2024 06:50

How to use a tea bag? At first glance, everything is simple: you need to put the bag in a cup, pour boiling water and wait for a while.

But it's not that simple. There is one important point that many tea lovers are not aware of.

Surely you have noticed the tag attached to a thread.

Some people are sure that this small cardboard rectangle serves a purely decorative function.

Other tea lovers believe that the label is necessary to indicate the brand.

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It is possible that both versions are true to some extent.

But the main purpose of such a tag is completely different. It turns out that a label on a tea bag can seriously help a person.

The main function of the tea bag tag

This piece of paper is used to secure the bag in the cup.

Surely you have encountered the following problem more than once: when a bag is poured with boiling water, the thread slips off, resulting in the tag ending up right in the water.

To avoid this problem, the tag must be secured.

Place the tag under the cup and the bag in the container itself. And only then pour in the boiling water.

As a result, nothing will slip off and spoil the taste of the drink.

Earlier we told you why you should “iron” salt .

Author: Kurchev Anton Deputy Editor-in-Chief