ralf hartemink

To all,
I am a beginning collector of tea bag-covers (the small printed cover around
the actual tea bag) and to make a good start of my international collection
I am looking for those from all over the world, especially outside the
Netherlands. As most people throw them in the waste paper, I would like to
ask if you could maybe collect them and send some samples to me. Duplicates
are of course also welcome, as I would like to go to collector fairs with
opportunities to exchange them. So the more (different) the better....

If you would like to help,
please send them to
Martina Starovicova
Food-Info.net
PO Box 8129
6700 EV Wageningen
the Netherlands

In return I can send items from Holland (tea ?)

Martina
mstarovicova[at]yahoo[dot]com

sn

i'm curious - what about the string and the little staple some have,

do you cut the string or remove it?

dominic t.

I think the OP means the actual outer jacket that the teabag comes in,
not the tag. I have a number of really unique ones which are artistic
that I have framed. I'll see what I have around and since they are
light I'd send them out. I never knew there were collectors for this
sort of thing, who knew?

- Dominic

martinas

It is indeed the outer jacket that I am looking for !

It is a large enough hobby in Holland, Belgium and the Czech Republic and
also in some other countries... There are even international collector fairs
for this !

Martina

sn

Sounds like a nice colorful diverse hobby,
if i buy tea bags i'll keep a couple, send some out.
do tea bag collectors also keep the little string & tag attached ?
are there specialized collectors - tea bag only, or tea bag label
only ?

dominic t.

OH... *smacks forehead* Now I understand what you meant initially. You
mean like a Lipton teabag where the outer jacker has a perforated
section which becomes the tag. Now I get what you meant. Totally my
fault there... Sorry.

That is a good question, I was just thinking wrong.

- Dominic

PS When that lightbulb just went off I could have lit a small city.

kludge

You know, I had two outer jackets of _Indar The_ framed on the wall in my
office for years, and I just gave the thing away to the thrift store a
couple weeks ago..... you are just a little bit too late. --scott


--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

alan

What about jackets that are sealed? Is there a preferred method for
removing the tea bag so that the bag is still presentable?

martinas

I only collect the paper cover (jacket), but there are indeed collectors who
collect everything, including the tea itself, or just the tea bag tags....
Also the paper boxes in which the bags are packed are collectable for some.

With the sealed ones, I usually open these carefully approximately 60% just
under the seal and get the actual bag out. That works in most cases fine.

Martina

mstarovicova[at]yahoo[dot]com