The document compares different tea bag brands in Mexico. It finds that lower quality brands have tea bags that weigh around 1-1.5 grams and are not properly sealed. Higher quality brands have bags that weigh 2 grams, are microwavable, and are made from higher quality materials. Mexican tea is generally prepared without a staple so it can be microwaved, and bag weights average 1.5 grams.

1. COMMON TEA PREPARATION IN MEXICO
The package informs about
the way to prepare tea and
states that this can be done
by using the microwave
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2. COMPARISON OF QUALITY TEA BAGS
Twinings La Pastora
Quality GOOD BAD
(high quality material used) (not properly sealed, tea leaves found outside bag)
Weight 2 GRAMS 1.5 GRAMS
Staple (microwavable) YES NO
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3. COMPARISON OF QUALITY TEA BAGS
Davenport: Quality tea bag is relatively good, it Bigelow: Quality tea bag is good, it weighs
weighs 2 grams and it does not have a staple 1.6 grams and it does have a staple
High quality
wrapper
Does not have
the brand name
1 gram
Sam: Quality tea bag is average, it weighs 1 Saroso: Quality tea bag is bad, it weighs 1
gram and it does not have a staple gram and it does not have a staple, nor the
brand´s logo
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4. SUMMARY
Tea packaging in general in Mexico:
- Tea bags do not have a staple (so
tea can be prepared in microwave)
- Weight of the tea bag is on average
1.5 grams
- Tea bags do not always have a
wrapper, in case they do have one the
material mainly used is paper, a
metallic wrapper is not common
- Tea bags have a string, often with
their brand name and the specific
flavour
- Low-end brands have often low
quality tea bags that are not properly
sealed
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