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Impromptu Tea Bag

Donna Young @ 15 December 2007
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Mint Tea in an old Flintstones promo cupLet us say that like me, you use loose tea and you do not always want to pour it through a strainer before drinking the tea. You make not just one cup of tea, but instead, a whole pot of tea with your loose tea. That is what I do. I make a pot of tea that contains different tealeaves and some mint. Sometimes the tealeaves are already in a bag, but the mint never is, unless I bag it. This explains how to do that without much forethought.

Measure the loose tea in a coffee filter.

Tea in coffee filter

Gather the ruffles of the coffee filter in your hand while pressing down and at the same time, retaining the circular base of the coffee filter.

close coffee filter

Close the coffee filter with two staples or with thread. Drop the tea bag in the water.

tea in water

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  1. I like how you`ve decorated the place.



    The boiling water looks so cool in the photo.



    Cheers! hot drink

    — Sheri · Dec 16, 01:07 AM · #

  2. That`s a good trick to know. Thanks.



    I also like how you`ve gotten your blog into the season.



    hot drink

    — Elaine · Dec 16, 04:42 AM · #

  3. I like the color of your tea. razz I use a tea ball. hot drink I have never had mint in my tea. eek Shocking, I know, but your tea really does look good. I am going to have to give it a try.

    — Applie · Dec 16, 05:58 PM · #

  4. Hi Donna,

    yep I have done this alot, I used to buy organic wild harvested red raspberry leaf tea and you had to make your own bag. Coffee filters work great.

    — michielle · Dec 16, 09:16 PM · #

  5. Very good! I am not a tea drinker, but if I ever need a tea bag I will know what to do!hot drink smile

    — Tressa · Dec 17, 02:18 PM · #

  6. Very cool Donna......Hadn`t thought of doing it quite that way....but I am going to try...:-)

    — Ginger · Dec 18, 01:59 AM · #

  7. @Sheri and Elaine:

    Thanks for commenting on my E-decor. laughing It`ll be changing again very soon.



    @Applie:

    I do not have a tea-ball. My kitchen is under-stocked! eek



    @Tressa:

    I prefer to fill my tea bags with coffee. hot drink



    @Ginger and Michielle:

    Hi Michielle and Ginger smile

    — Donna Young · Dec 18, 02:10 AM · #

  8. big grin Hiya Miss Donna! I hope that you had a very merry Christmas, you and yours. smile



    You know, I have a lot of these brown unbleached coffee filters from when I was going to use them in my cold process soap making (when I infused calendula into olive for a scrumptious soap). I ended up using something else but I have so many boxes of these coffee filters now. I want to try what you`ve done! Now I`ll just have to figure out where to buy the tea.



    Have a most excellent day! love, Robin

    — Robin · Dec 28, 01:32 AM · #

  9. This was supposed to be the link I put for my blog. Silly me, something else showed up from my C&P because I was looking up something from the Waltons. laughing blush

    — Robin · Dec 28, 01:35 AM · #

  10. I have been using coffee filters by folding them in half and then folding in the corners alternating then folding over the top and stapling once so it resembles a regular tea bag.

    — jule · Jan 14, 06:53 PM · #

  11. Jule thanks for adding that. smile

    — Donna Young · Jan 14, 07:37 PM · #

 
 

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