I have heard (but have not confirmed this myself) that British tea bags and
some Canadian ones have a little more tea in them becuase the taste for a
stronger cuppa is more popular there. I wish I had a sensitive gram scale,
I'd do some experiments, though that would entail buying a box of Lipton and
other assorted tea bags...

Oh, speaking of LIpton...regardless of what you think of their teas, the
history of the company and the founder is fascinating. I read about it in a
book called The Tea Book (no author...it was one of those full of pictures)
and it was very interesting. I guess the original founder was quite the
marketing genius, but it seems that the tea they sold was better then...


(Trying to remember...seems to me one of the incidents where they showed his
marketing genius was thus: He was on a ship and for some reason they had to
throw the entire cargo of tea chests overboard (or cargo of some sort of
luggage, can't remember exactly) ..weight problem or something...anyway, he
made sure Drink Lipton Tea was stamped on the side of each so that wherever
they landed it would bring his company name. I never would've thought of
that...)


Melinda
"Eric3" > wrote in message
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> Yesterday I went to Costco and bought three gift boxes of Bigelow tea
> assortments.
>
> I gave a box to a friend this morning.
>
> Then I went home and opened some of the tea. I was surprised to see the
> low weight of tea in a box of 20 tea bags.
> Range: 20g, 3 of 25g, 33g, 34g, 38g, 42g... per box.
> They were packed 4 per envelope, 5 envelopes per box.
>
> Some of the bags were very skimpy when you looked at them, before putting
> them in hot water. And they didn't swell up to much, either.
>
> Bottom line - not very tasty, but rather wimpy.
>
> I am doubtful that the weights are accurate, as listed on the boxes.
>
> At any rate, when a consumer purchases a tea bag, it's a reasonable
> assumption that it should provide at least a 6 oz. cup of tea at nominal
> strength.
>
> Comparing the volume of the skimpiest looks to be about 1/10 the amount of
> a Lipton tea bag.
> I went online to determine the typical amount of tea for a cup... around
> 2.5 grams.
>
> Is this a bad year for tea?
>
> Any other experiences out there?
>
>
> I am looking for my Costco receipt, in hopes of finding it, and returning
> the tea for a refund.