There's a lovely tea shop I go to sometimes. Which is the better way to buy tea, loose or in bags? The instructions say to use 3-5 g of loose tea in a pot. Here's a photo I took to help:
Answer
Financially, under my assumptions, the tea bags are a better way to go.
Analysis
First off, and probably to the dismay of tea lovers around the world, I'm going to assume that the tea experience from loose leaves and from a bag is the same.
In order to understand the financial aspect of this question better, we need to express the tea usage in terms of servings. I'll assume that 1 tea bag is a serving and that it's equivalent to the 3 - 5 grams mentioned in the question.
I'm also going to assume that the price points on the teas are for the same categories of teas (the selections of Lesser, Medium, and More Expensive teas are the same).
Let's chart out the cost per serving:
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