When and by whom was the first tea bag invented?

lanfranco

Supposedly in 1908 and accidentally, by an American importer named Thomas Sullivan. I wouldn't be terribly surprised, however, to learn that some people had been improvising with cloth bags much earlier: http://www.answers.com/topic/tea-bag Oct 27 05, 3:12 PM

UT-7	It's OK! He had sent samples of his tea out to customers packaged in silk bags. His customers put the entire bags into the pot, thinking that was what Sullivan had intended. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_bag Oct 27 05, 4:21 PM

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