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_________________________________. The invention of the tea bag has been credited to Thomas Sullivan, a tea broker from New York. In 1904, the sent tea samples to clients using small silk bags. Instead of throwing away the bags, many of them simply plunged the bag with the tea into hot water. Later, companies like Lipton and Tetley switched to cheaper materials than silk and produced bagged tea for the mass market. Another innovation, iced tea, also comes from America. Sweet iced tea was first marketed by Richard Bloechynden at the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair. However, documentary records show that Americans had been drinking tea this way at least since the 1880s. Some new ideas for consuming tea never caught on. For example, 19th century English and American cookbooks contained recipes for a highly alcoholic green tea punch, but today this just seems odd. Some innovations have even traveled back to Asia, as when we see bottled iced tea on sale in convenience stores in Japan or Thailand. All in all, tea has become a drink with a global scope, even if many countries still have their own preferred methods of marketing and consuming this enchanting drink.
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a. The Western world hasn’t always been a source of new ideas.
b. Styles of tea drinking have changed through the ages, and the ancient Chinese method of making foamy tea from powder is still practiced in Japan.
c. Although tea originated in ancient China, in modern times there have been many Westerners who introduced innovations in the way tea is prepared and served.