World’s most expensive tea bag

If you think 80 quid is a lot for a caddy with a few fancy tea bags, then you surely haven’t heard about world’s most expensive tea bag. It’s only a measly £7,500, yes, exactly. Of course it’s not expensive tea that contributes to this price tag. The bag, made by Boodles jewelers to celebrate PG Tips 75th birthday, is decorated with 280 diamonds. It is also hand-crafted and took three months to complete.

Even if you can afford it, it doesn’t look like you could drink it anyway, because that makes sense, right? Nowadays you can any item luxurious by adding some diamonds, luckily I prefer my tea non-diamond-studded.

The fancy tea bag has been used to raise money for Manchester Children’s Hospital.

Lighting Bag – tea themed design art

Did you ever imagine that your tea bag could illuminate your cup from inside? ‘Lighting Bag’ is a design project by Wonsik Chae featured on Design Boom, but this tea bag has little to do with tea drinking. The glass is filled with a chemical intermediate and the bag contains fluorescent molecules, which combined give off a fluorescent light and create an atmosphere of mystery.