8FACT - After such positive feedback from the happy accident, Sullivan designed intentional teabags for commercial production. | Facebook
Sajjad Sadeghi - The tea bag was an accidental invention. In 1908, New York tea merchant Thomas Sullivan sent samples of tea leaves to some of his customers in small silken bags.
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