10 inventions that owe their success to World War One
Posted: 15 Apr 2014, 10:1513 April 2014 Last updated at 23:51
10 inventions that owe their success to World War One
By Stephen Evans BBC News, Berlin
The tea bag was not invented to solve some wartime problem. By common consent, it was an American tea merchant who, in 1908, started sending tea in small bags to his customers. They, whether by accident or design, dropped the bags in water and the rest is history. So the industry says.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-26935867
10 inventions that owe their success to World War One
By Stephen Evans BBC News, Berlin
The tea bag was not invented to solve some wartime problem. By common consent, it was an American tea merchant who, in 1908, started sending tea in small bags to his customers. They, whether by accident or design, dropped the bags in water and the rest is history. So the industry says.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-26935867