"For our British friends ..." A British person would probably be in the minority if they put a single tea bag in a cup and saucer unless it was one of those herbal type teabags that are called "lemon and echinacea" or "tangerine and liquorice". Those sorts of tea smell great but usually taste of hot water so people in the British Isles favor caffeinated teas from companies like PG Tips and Tetley. If you've gone to the trouble of a cup and saucer you more likely to use a teapot to brew it in and not leave the tea bag in the cup to stew. For convenience if you've got a single cup to brew you'd usually put a tea bag in a mug and again, not leave the tea bag in the cup to stew. So having herbal teas with the Royal Family on them to sit in you tea cup and stew for the British would be like having a china plate with a knife and fork embossed with the face of Barrack Obama which you'd say are for Americans to use to eat their pizza. It's a bit wrong is all....
I would rather spend more on the high quality organic product inside and recycle the container. I also don't favor less product hidden inside that fancy container. Keeping some things simple is best sometimes. Nature has packaged most things pretty well already. Expensive packaging adds to the cost of the product in the end, just to be trashed in land fills later.
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