Historically itīs the other way round. Teabags were invented to prevent tea being forged so that the producer could guarantee the good quality of the tea inside. Not all shop owners were honest. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http:\\www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho
----- Original Message ----- From: "John Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2004 2:52 AM Subject: Re: Earl Grey, was: Re: OT: Wine (Hungarian, Romanian) > > I'm amazed to see people using the words "tea bags" when describing > good tea. That's an oxymoron - the stuff that gets put in tea bags > is the tea that can't be sold loose :-) <snip> >
