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Friday, 25th February 2005 (4053 views)

UK tea brand PG Tips has commissioned a diamond and gold teabag to celebrate its 75th birthday.<br/><br/>The innovative item brings a different meaning to having expensive tastes, with the teabag said to be the most expensive in the world, according to Liverpool Daily Post.<br/><br/>Jewellers Boodle and Dunthorne have created the item, which is the standard pyramid shape, filled with 100 2.25-carat diamonds and fine, limited edition tea leaves.<br/><br/>The rest of the bag includes a 100 diamond covering and a white gold chain in place of the standard teabag string, which is also adorned with a further 80 diamonds.<br/><br/>Costing £7,500 to produce, the teabag costs slightly more than the brand's typical production budget of 2.5p for each mass-produced tea bag.<br/><br/>"When PG Tips first asked us to make the tea bag we were a little taken aback," Maria Webster, who designed the item, admitted.<br/><br/>"Initially it was going to have a mesh of gold and make it a replica, but the decision was made to take a tea bag, which only costs 2.5p, and add diamonds to it. We do get some unusual requests…but this was certainly one of the strangest."<br/><br/>The teabag will now go on a nationwide tour to promote the brand and it will then be used as part of a prize draw to raise money for Manchester Children's Hospital.<br/><br/>PG Tips spokesman Pete Harbour said: "As it's our 75th birthday, we wanted to do something special to remind people just how much they love the great British cup of tea."<img src="http://directnews.dehavilland.co.uk/dn.gif?feedid=196&itemid=7883572"/>

 

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