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Loose Tea Bag from a Coffee Filter

Loose Tea Bag from a Coffee Filter
I enjoy tea multiple times a day, and I just started getting into drinking delicious loose teas. My boyfriend brought me home from Florida some amazing loose tea blends from a store called Teavana. However, my tea ball broke.

This is a great, quick, and easy way to make a disposable tea bag for my loose tea leaves. It takes only a matter of minutes, and are perfect for single serve tea's. The best thing is that it is made from coffee filters which is always in our house.

Once you complete this you will have a cute teabag, which mimics the shape of a Lipton Teabag, and filled with your own personal tea leaves! Enjoy your tea <3

 
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Step 1Materials

Materials
What you need:

Loose Tea Leaves

Coffee filter

Scissor

Staple

Extra: String
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13 comments
Nov 14, 2011. 6:28 PMblossom9283 says:
I love my tea also. This is a great idea.
Jan 29, 2012. 6:52 PMjimmiek says:
Great tea bag idea. Thanks
Dec 15, 2011. 2:12 AMzidakano says:
I made one of these today and it worked quite well, While I have one of those "IngenuiTEA" gadgets which work just fine but are a PITA to take apart, clean, and then put back together. So I liked this idea to be able to make a quick "single" cup of tea.

When I made mine I just skipped trimming the excess off and just overlapped it more. Should make it easier to add more tea per bag as well.

Very useful ible :)
Nov 17, 2011. 1:28 AMTheGeek1984 says:
Would this work for like, single serve coffees?
Nov 24, 2011. 7:24 PMspark master says:
for coffee bagsuse superfine grind, like an espresso grind, but brown coffee. then the stuff will brew fast enough, like turkish coffee.

As far as tea is concerned, I have lots of loose teas...
How I never thought of doing this. wow I am mad at myself. I hate floaters as well and use a tea strainer, when I make pots of tea. (make tea in one container and strain into a teapot (preheated please)

thanks
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great idea.

thanks!
Nov 17, 2011. 12:22 PMTheGeek1984 says:
I'll give it a try, I've got a house full of coffee drinkers.
Nov 18, 2011. 2:41 PMmidsummermuse says:
This is simply genius. Great job! My coffee pot uses the cone filters, but I can always get the other you have, I am sure they are super cheap. I was lucky enough to find a box of natural fiber biodegradable loose tea bags at a thrift store a few years ago and I'm still using them. But this is great in a pinch!
Nov 17, 2011. 5:24 PMbigbang says:
Great idea! I had thought of doing this myself many times, and have never gotten around to tinkering with it. I've been a loose leaf tea drinker for agesss, and while I love my different steeping methods, the "on the go" versions still never seem easy enough, and I don't want to buy bagged tea just for those occasions.

Thanks for posting a useful 'ible :)
Nov 15, 2011. 3:43 AMcapricorn says:
This is the kind of 'Ible that you read and think "Why did I not think of this myself?"

And then your brain starts slapping you mightily behind your head " Because you are an IMBECIL! (SLAP) a Loafer! (SLAP) No good doer! (SLAP) Now thank the kind Lady for using her brain and sharing it with you! IDIOT!"

Thank you for sharing M'lady, two thumbs up and a patch ( no more hitting please brain) ^_^"

SLAP!

(Auch...) >_<"
Nov 16, 2011. 7:55 AMsiafulinux says:
Nicely done! When you said "...your brain starts slapping you..." I think of those heartburn adverts where the food smacks them in the face whenever they try to take a bite... :-)
Nov 15, 2011. 6:15 PMnhhulie33 says:
wanna have a try.

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