Tea Bag
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Tea bag is a small, porous sealed bag containing tea leaves and used with water for brewing the beverage called tea, or herbs or spices for brewing herbal teas (also known as "tisane"). Tea bags are commonly made of filter paper, silk or food grade plastic. The bag contains the tea leaves while the tea is steeped, making it easier to dispose of the leaves, and performs the same function as a tea infuser. Some tea bags have an attached piece of string with a paper label at the top that assists in removing the bag while also displaying the brand and/or variety of tea.
Browsing the Catalog
The Colnect Tea Bags Catalog can be filtered from the Catalog drop-down menu by the following properties:
- Countries: The country where the tea bag is made.
- Brands: The brand of the tea bags.
- Themes: The motif themes on the tea bag. Multiple themes can be selected for one tea bag. Only the themes from the Colnect Global Cross-Category Themes List can be used.
- Recently updated: Tea bags where at least one piece of information was changed in the last 30 calendar days. The last change applied is used to determine the change age of the tea bag. This can be further filtered by the last 1, 3, 7, 14 and 30 calendar days.
- Newly added: Tea Bags added to the Colnect Tea Bags Catalog within the last 30 calendar days. This can be further filtered by the last 1, 3, 7, 14, and 30 calendar days.
- Import Log: A list of all New Item Forms (NIFs) that have been imported since 2013. It shows date, the person who created the NIF, the coordinator who imported it, the number of tea bags imported, the brand of tea bags and the country of the tea bags. Please note that it is not possible to find the tea bags that were in the NIF, this information is not stored in the database.
The catalog also contains other properties to further describe the tea bags:
- Name (60 characters): The name of the tea bag.
- Series: The series, if any, the tea bag belongs to.
- Catalog Name: The name of the catalog used for the catalog code. Currently used are Colnect Codes (Colnect's own numbering system) and Printed Codes.
- Catalog Code: The Colnect Code consists of the category abbreviation, ISO 3166-1 Alpha-2 country code where the tea bag was issued, hyphens and a consecutive 4-digit number. Example: TB-FR-0087 (TB: Category abbreviation FR: ISO 3166-1 Alpha-2 for France -: Hyphen 0087: Consecutive number). Printed codes are referred to codes printed on the tea bags.
- Variant: If a tea bag is marked as a variant, you can get a list of all variants of this tea bag by clicking on Click to see variants.
- Tea Label: The tea label matching to the tea bag.
- Description: A detailed description of the tea bag. This may include information on how to distinguish variants.
- Front Picture and Back Picture: Both front and back of the tea bag should be pictured, as the back often contains important information about the issuer, motif, printed code and differences. Please follow the Picture Guidelines.