to expect premium teabags to be previously split individually !

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Twinings c'mon. I stood there for five minutes carefully tearing my teabags and couldn't even do it in bulk due to fear of ripping the things. You charge the money you do the bloody tearing.

Twinings is not premium tea. There's your answer.

I grab one side in each hand and pull and they separate perfectly.

Is this one of those first world problems?

No YANBU. Partial to a bit of Twinings myself, premium or not.

Why do you need to rip them in bulk? Do you not just do it as you go?

if twinings isn't/aren't ?? premium, is it charging enough to split the teabags? Asda do (ok I tried alright, and if you haven't yet, don't, they're terrible, thought they might be a great bargain discovery).

I pop them in my tea caddy separately.The first handful goes on the bottom with the other handful on top and they fit.perfectly.

furry, I am one of those ocd types that just can't look at a vessel knowing that there's a combined teabag duo in there.

I split mine but it's easy to do in one go.

Maybe you need to switch to Tea Pigs

Buy round ones

I get tremendous satisfaction from managing a full pack separation in one smooth motion. Do I need to get out more ?

It doesn't bother me, but I have just read this thread to DH who agrees with you totally and is now all het up about it.

I had completely forgotten tea bags came joined. They were all like that when I was a child. I loved ripping them apart send them to me.
I have round ones from lidl (not bad actually) I usually have pyramid shaped ones. I'll need to get some twinings now so I can rip.

I don't mind separating the bags so much, but it's really tedious cutting the tops off and emptying them out into the pot.

Twinnings perforating machine's been on holiday. The last box was awful, the new one is much better so hopefully it has returned refreshed.

Really posh tea doesn't come in bags.

Yabu.

another well known brand are not pre split. Can;t remember which ones now.

i blame fairtrade, they just don't 'do' teabag separation any more.