Who would have thought that behind a simple tea bag there lies a story made up of insights, misunderstandings, and little revolutions… Born almost by chance in 1908, when a New York merchant sent tea samples in silk pouches that customers mistook for ready-to-use infusions, the tea bag changed the way tea is enjoyed around the world. From that unintentional gesture, the product began to spread, though with some limitations: silk was expensive, impractical, and unsuitable for steeping—it held back too much aroma and tore easily.
The solution came about a decade later: Adolf Rambold designed a bag closed with staples and built a machine for large-scale production, while William Hermanson developed a heat-sealed version with a string to make steeping even simpler. Finally, in 1952, Thomas Lipton introduced the pleated tea bag, designed to increase the surface area in contact with water and deliver a stronger flavor in less time.
Today, tea bags come in virtually endless variations: paper, cotton, even compostable materials, in rectangular, pyramidal, and round shapes. And it is precisely around this gesture—ritual and familiar at the same time, a tea bag opening, an infusion releasing its aromas—that every afternoon at 5 p.m. at the AbanoRitz, a special tradition is renewed. In the large oval lounge next to the elegant hall’s bar, guests are invited to take a relaxing break with tea, herbal infusions, and biscuits, helping themselves from the grand samovar filled with water at the perfect steeping temperature.
It is not just a break, but a slow moment that encourages balance and pleasure. Because at the AbanoRitz, well-being also comes from these small everyday rituals, where the warmth of a cup becomes an experience to live and share.
Ed è proprio attorno a questo gesto, rituale e familiare al tempo stesso una bustina che si apre, un’infusione che sprigiona aromi, che, all’AbanoRitz, ogni pomeriggio alle ore 17, si rinnova un appuntamento speciale. Nel grande salotto ovale accanto al bar dell’elegante hall, gli ospiti sono invitati a prendersi una pausa di relax con tè, tisane e biscottini, servendosi al grande samovar l’acqua alla temperatura perfetta per l’infusione. Non è solo una pausa ma un tempo lento che invita a ritrovare equilibrio e piacere. Perché il benessere, all’AbanoRitz, passa anche da questi piccoli momenti quotidiani, dove il calore di una tazza diventa esperienza da vivere e condividere.
