Cotton Tea Sock

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The paper chemist’s answer was a long fiber material based on yoshino, the hand-made paper created by Japanese artisans. The bag could be removed to be filled with tea and an elongated handle was attached to the float to carry it from kitchen to table.

About 40 years later, in 1880, Thomas Fitzgerald of Boston created a teabag that was less brewing vessel but only slightly.Instead of paper, they used the modern version of Sullivan’s original silk sachet, man-made nylon, which allowed up to 50% more room for the “agony of the leaves” to release their flavor. That being so, even for the sake of the dignity of the Irish language, it would be more sensible that when speaking English we should be allowed to refer to the gentleman in question as the Prime Minister… It is just one more example of the sort of things that are being done here as if for the purpose of putting off the people in the North. Lipton’s “flow-thru” teabag, thanks to his extensive advertising, captured the American public’s attention and is still available.

Back in Germany, in 1935, Rambold was the first to design a way to manufacture a teabag combined with its own paper wrapper, and in 1948, he designed the revolutionary double-chamber teabag, made from a single piece of paper, and without glue or heat sealing. The British tea firm, Brooke Bond, solved that challenge by designing the tetrahedral-shaped teabag for its PG Tips brand.

I suppose it’s easily done as John Prescott knows since he reportedly once gave a speech in which he praised “Martha Luther King” and hoped that industrial disputes could be solved by “meditation”.

Responding to criticism from the Taoiseach over the Protocol Bill, in which he claimed it marked a "new low point" between UK-Irish relations, Ms Truss said: “I would strongly encourage the Irish ‘tea sock’ to discuss this with the EU. Paper teabags, like previous fabric ones, often tainted the tea until Fay Osborn applied his MIT engineering education to the Dexter Corporation’s challenge to create a stronger, better paper. The moment also spawned a number of memes online, including user Maggie who shared a photo of a mug with a sock hanging out of it. The huge teabag contraption brewed tea “sweetened or milked or both” and well received: “Capital tea was made at the last festival by this plan,” one member wrote.I use a 90p strainer from Wilko, Liz, but if you don’t mind the fluff sticking in your teeth, crack on. Soilon™, a bio-based, non-petroleum-based biodegradable PLA from plants, developed by Yamanaka Industry of Japan, is a silky food-grade plastic used in many teabags.

Responding to criticism from Taoiseach Micheal Martin over the protocol Bill, in which he claimed it marked a "new low point" between UK-Irish relations, Ms Truss told RTE News: “I would strongly encourage the Irish ‘tea sock’ to discuss this with the EU. Tea was the chosen beverage for their meetings aka “tea parties,” and they were so well attended that hosts were tasked to prepare enough tea for the hundreds who attended. Though the Taoiseach is described in the Constitution of Ireland as “the head of the Government or Prime Minister”, its literal translation is chieftain or leader. The words Taoiseach and Tánaiste (deputy prime minister) are both from the Irish language and of ancient origin. The history of the teabag dates to the 19th century and to enthusiastic opponents of “the drink” who organized the Temperance Society.The bag could be removed to insert tea and the attached elongated was used to carry it from kitchen to table. It seems to me to be mere make-believe to try to incorporate a word like “Taoiseach” in the English language. Again from Wikipedia, in 1937 when the draft Constitution of Ireland was being debated in the Dáil, Frank MacDermot, an opposition politician, moved an amendment to substitute “Prime Minister” for the proposed “Taoiseach” title in the English text of the Constitution. Usually rectangular in shape, they have a fold-over flap on top which is opened to put leaves into the bag. These bags allow a variety of quantities in the sac, so one can brew by the cup or the pot with as much or as little tea as desired instead of the pre-measured amount in commercial teabags.