Tea packaging: the concept

9 September 2009 | By Popsop Team

The group of 3 Russian designers - Alexander Titov, Anatoly Antonovich Chupika and Vlad Lyovushkin – have come up with a functional concept of tea package. Here is the brief project description.

Design Purpose

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The design is intended for making a new type of tea package in the segment of premium tea
The design is used for storing tea, making tea, and for recycling the used tea

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Design description

Design structure:

housing (1) having a pocket (5) for storing the bag (4);
door (2), overlapping the pocket (5) of the housing (1);

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a “sleeve” made of foil (3), combining (locking) the door (2) and the housing (1) and sealing the notch  (5);
the tea bag (4) made of punched foil or nylon, being articulated to the housing (1);

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The “Key” with rotary roller – knife.

Operation

Storing the tea

The tea is stored till the moment of its use in the vessel formed by the door and the housing fastened together by a sleeve made of foil. The sleeve seals the vessel with tea.

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Use

Using the “Key” we are cutting the sleeve while pressing the foil through the groove formed by facets of the door and the housing.

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After cutting the sleeve we are overturning the door. Thus the door and the housing form a new clean surface parallel to the bottom surface of the housing.

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While holding the door, we are overturning the device and we are covering the hot water cup with the new surface, thus the tea bag hinged to the housing under the action of its own weight leaves the vessel (recess) and is submerged in hot water.

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When heating the cover the heat indicator gets warm and changes its color. Change of color of the heat indicator testifies the readiness of tea.

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After …

After tea is made, we raise and overturn the cover to its home position.
Thus the bag with its superfluous moisture comes back into the vessel, and the door closes the vessel.

Advantages

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Storing the tea
А) The design keeps the initial tea aroma.

  • The package is designed for one portion of tea. The portion of tea is tightly packed into a container between the basis and the cover of the package. Thus the penetration of extraneous smells, and excess moisture in the tea is prevented.
  • The design uses materials traditionally considered compatible with the tea: ceramics and metal foil. The package do not use the materials negatively influencing the properties of tea such as glue, plastic, paper, etc.

А) The design provides the best tea taste and aroma.

  • The heat indicator on the package precisely informs on the tea readiness.
  • When making the tea the bag is in the upper hot water layers thus providing for the best tea brewing.
  • The design has a function of cover slowing down the water cooling.
  • Under influence of hot water, the package materials do not emit extraneous smells and substances.

B) The design returns the aesthetics of modern tea ceremony.

  • Opening the package with a key looks aesthetically and does not make waste products.
  • The design of tea package allows making manipulations with the tea bag imperceptible.
  • The used bag is being placed imperceptibly in the leak-proof container.
  • The quality of design and the imprinted picture cause pleasant sensations and associations.
  • Keeping modern accelerated life rhythms, the consumer gets an opportunity to feel the harmony of taste.

Credits
Alexander Titov
Anatoly Antonovich Chupika
Vlad Lyovushkin

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