Bonus: The Britons were reluctant to the new American invention for a long time. In the early 1960s tea bags only made up 3% of the market, but in 2007 it had risen to 96%.
TIL that teabags were invented by accident. In 1908, a New York tea merchant sent tea samples to customers in small silk bags. The customers put the bags directly in hot water, and the teabag was born
https://www.tea.co.uk/the-history-of-the-tea-bag
19 Comments
skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de · 74 pts · 2y
reminder that users will do whatever they like with the product you give them, intended or not
gibmiser@lemmy.world · 37 pts · 2y
cries in back massager
ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca · 25 pts · 2y
Back massagers, electric toothbrushes, and shower heads with a "pulse" setting are the trinity of body discovery.
Peaty@sh.itjust.works · 19 pts · 2y
When the firstHarry Potter movie came out the "flying" effect on the broom was just vibration. The reviews for it were incredible. "My six year old loves it but her twelve year old sister can't be separated from it. I had to get another one for my 17 year old daughter as well!"
ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 2y
That's actually very fitting if you do a bit of research into how the story of "witches flying by riding a broomstick" came to be.
Hint: sticking drugs into somewhere other than your mouth
h3mlocke@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 2y
Lmao i remember these reviews hahaha
Peaty@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y
I bought mine for $20 before they discontinued it and resold it unused for $250 on Ebay
Dasnap@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 2y
They know exactly what they're doing, they just don't want to call them pussy sticks.
skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de · 9 pts · 2y
it's called marketing opportunity, leave that to bean counters
feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
flickers
Chriszz@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
No one will stop me from eating silica gel.
scutiger@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
It says "eat" right there on the package!
8BitRoadTrip@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y
Exhibit 1: tide pods
EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works · 20 pts · 2y
Still an inferior way of brewing tea. You are supposed to throw it directly into the (ideally harbor) water, let it steep for a brisk 150 years and then add a shitload of molasses. The superior "Boston Method"
cheery_coffee@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 2y
silent2k@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 2y
American laziness, creating growth since 1776.
reddig33@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
Peaty@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 2y
Most are still paper
PuddingFeeling907@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 2y
At least it doesn’t exploit living beings.
xuxebiko@kbin.social · 6 pts · 2y
so thats why tea made from teabags tastes like an accident.
theodewere@kbin.social · 4 pts · 2y
right, so Roman Centurions didn't call it 'teabagging' did they