If they priced as an example tea bags at both per 100 bags and bags per 100g a canny shopper could quickly ascertain if a tea bag was a decently filled one or was a fairly light one. On this site the issue of weak tea from cheap tea bags that didn’t obviously have enough tea leaves has been discussed:
The one that threw me was tea bags. I was after some green tea one day and did the comparison between each of the brands. The UOM in this case was per tea bag so I grabbed the cheapest one. However I later found out that the ones that I bought had less tea in the bag than some of the others. So in hindsight the UOM should realistically be by weight and not per bag.
I was relating my frustration based on my observations on unit pricing. What should be done, eg consistent unit pricing per kg, is obviously not complied with.
As for the tea bag question raised by @fred , I would want to see unit pricing by weight, regardless of packaging. The reason for this is inconsistency in the contents of the teabags. What I can see happening if it were by the number of bags is some manufacturers reducing the amount of tea per bag to save costs. This would be comparab…
The tea bag is a perfect example of the problem a law would need to address, and it is not always clear cut. A consumer is certainly reasonably interested in the price per tea bag, which s/he accepts as a proxy for a single cuppa (and of the strength that consumer wants which is a variable in itself). Vendor 1 could have more tea per bag than vendor 2, but would vendor 1’s bags make more cups of tea (of “the strength”) in a practical sense, as packaged? If each bag had a multiple of the tea…
In addition to the brands listed above (which I had on hand); I have also tried the following:
Black & Gold 100 tea bags (very cheap) - these were OK until they changed supplier and country of origin - now dishwater and haven’t tried again - from $1.90 to $3/100 - tasted like the tea Lipton rejects
Decaffeinated - instantly knew why I drank tea! Gave them away and went back to caffeine addiction.
Dilmah - good but too expensive for us
Australian Grown North Qld loose leaf tea in resealable po…
This next one actually is a good pointer on the problem one box 100 bags and 180 g of product, another 100 bags and 200 g of product and yet another 200 bags and 480 g (100 bags to 240 g of product) but having the price per 100 g would also make it easier to compare value when combined with price per bag. Or perhaps number of bags per 100 g may be a better choice.
Due to limited budget, I usually buy what’s on special. Presently have:-
Lipton Quality Black 100 Tea Bags 180g a bit weak, and some fall apart, but they were cheap
Tetley Black Tea 100 All Rounders 200g
Bushells Rounds 200 480g - sealed in packs of 50 - best value and taste
Loose leaf - Billy Tea Campfire Brew 250g - not a fan of the smoky flavour.
Bushells Lan-Choo 250g - have not tried yet
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