Japanese Company Creates Sea Creature Teabags That “Come Alive” Inside Your Cup
There’s nothing more enjoyable than a delicious cup of tea after a long day. Despite the fact that the tea business and culture is absolutely booming, the traditional design of the tea bag has not changed for many years and it’s definitely time to take a more creative approach at the ordinary tea packaging. Here’s where the Japanese company, Ocean Teabag, comes into the picture with their adorable tea bags that will definitely make you crave for a cup of tea.
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The brand Ocean Teabag has teamed up with an oddity shop as well as a bookstore, Village Vanguard, to create a series of animal-themed teabags.
These original tea bags include jellyfish, octopus, isopods and even a few land animals such as tanuki.
Once added to the cup, the tea bags make it look like a creature is swimming in your tea. Now that’s something definitely worth capturing for your Instagram.
Tea bags cost 1,820 yen which is around $16. In an interview with Bored Panda, creators of the company told us that the company started 3 years ago and their first design was a dolphin tea bag that later grew into more unique designs. Currently, the team consists of 10 people, but it seems with the popularity they are gaining, they might need to grow soon.
The squid-shaped tea bag is filled with black Pu’er tea that was inspired by squid ink and it also has a sweet persimmon flavor added as well. Meanwhile, the octopus tea bag is filled with Keemun tea.
Even though the octopus and squid-shaped tea is the most popular amongst buyers, there are also other adorable options such as a penguin-shaped tea bag that is filled with Chamomile tea.
The Ocean Teabags team also shared with Bored Panda that they are planning to grow by creating moving as well as glowing tea bags in the future. Now, there are more than 50 types of unique tea bags in their online shop.
When it comes to the tea tradition, the records state that tea was first served in Japan by Emperor Shomu in the year 729 during a very special Buddhist ceremony.
At first, tea was associated with Japanese nobility and was regarded as a type of medicine. However, after the tea ceremony was invented at the end of the 16th century, tea eventually became something drunk by both nobles and commoners alike. In 1859, tea finally became something to be used every single day and not only on rare occasions. (Not so) fun fact: tea leaves in Japan used to be tediously hand-rolled until the 19th century. It was boring work that seriously restricted tea production. However, things eventually changed for the better with technological improvements.
Tea in Japan is massively consumed due to its health benefits. Unfortunately, Japanese tea production is at an all-time low, meaning the next time you want to have a taste of delicious Japanese tea, you might just have to travel to the Land of the Rising Sun.
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Share on FacebookKind of a waste since you're not supposed to drink the tea with the tea bag still in it, are you? 🙄
The tea origin story I read is that in China thousands of years ago, a man put a pot of water on top of fire to boil it. The wind blew some leaves from nearby plants into the water.
I was thinking the exact same thing. Fortunately, they appear to come in packs of four, but are still quite pricey. I think I’ll just have to suffer and drink my plebeian Yorkshire tea ☕️
Load More Replies...Cute story, but I wish it had addressed whether the bags contain microplastics!
I tried ordering, but could not bring up option to ship to usa, anyone know a solution? I really want to get these for my tea drinking ocean nut kiddo
you can now get them on the US website: www.oceanteabag.com
Load More Replies...Now, I have a challenge with a Facebook friend to try the tea together via FaceTime..... I hope I can figure out how to order it... :)
you can now get them on the US website: www.oceanteabag.com
Load More Replies...Yes! You can now get them through the US website: www.oceanteabag.com
Load More Replies...It costs almost $100 dollars to ship to the US - for 3 sets! Be careful -- while these are amazing and I would buy them as gifts - its way to expensive to ship them!
you can now get them on the US website and have them shipped for $5 or free for orders of $50+: www.oceanteabag.com
Load More Replies...To be honest, I’m trying to train myself to like tea but it’s really hard when even the smell makes me not want it, any tips so one day I can enjoy these cuties??
They’re definitely unique, but for $16 a cup, it had better make the tea for me and tidy up afterwards!
I have the ones that look like flowers. They unfold when the tea is steeping.
That’s beautiful. It’d be nice if these came in silicon so they can be used and reused with loose leaf tea.
Kind of a waste since you're not supposed to drink the tea with the tea bag still in it, are you? 🙄
The tea origin story I read is that in China thousands of years ago, a man put a pot of water on top of fire to boil it. The wind blew some leaves from nearby plants into the water.
I was thinking the exact same thing. Fortunately, they appear to come in packs of four, but are still quite pricey. I think I’ll just have to suffer and drink my plebeian Yorkshire tea ☕️
Load More Replies...Cute story, but I wish it had addressed whether the bags contain microplastics!
I tried ordering, but could not bring up option to ship to usa, anyone know a solution? I really want to get these for my tea drinking ocean nut kiddo
you can now get them on the US website: www.oceanteabag.com
Load More Replies...Now, I have a challenge with a Facebook friend to try the tea together via FaceTime..... I hope I can figure out how to order it... :)
you can now get them on the US website: www.oceanteabag.com
Load More Replies...Yes! You can now get them through the US website: www.oceanteabag.com
Load More Replies...It costs almost $100 dollars to ship to the US - for 3 sets! Be careful -- while these are amazing and I would buy them as gifts - its way to expensive to ship them!
you can now get them on the US website and have them shipped for $5 or free for orders of $50+: www.oceanteabag.com
Load More Replies...To be honest, I’m trying to train myself to like tea but it’s really hard when even the smell makes me not want it, any tips so one day I can enjoy these cuties??
They’re definitely unique, but for $16 a cup, it had better make the tea for me and tidy up afterwards!
I have the ones that look like flowers. They unfold when the tea is steeping.
That’s beautiful. It’d be nice if these came in silicon so they can be used and reused with loose leaf tea.
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