Have you tested tea sticks as an alternative to the tea bag, or to have a cup of tea on the go? Here is an excerpt from Casey Budden’s post, Ticolino Tea Sticks: An Appealing Third Way:

The Tea Stick’s main strengths are its practicality and its convenience. The sticks are perforated from top to bottom with small holes to allow the tea to infuse. This contributes to a better cup of tea because the tea infuses evenly throughout the entire vessel, whether it’s a mug, tumbler or proper tea cup. Tea bags, conversely, tend to disperse the infusion mainly to the bottom of the drinking vessel which contributes to an unbalanced cup that is stronger at the bottom. Another advantage of the sticks is their compact and portable nature. You can put them in a purse or backpack and not worry about them breaking during your travels; the material that contains the tea is quite durable and cannot be easily ripped. As well, given the shape of the tea stick, you can use it to stir in milk or sugar without having to find a stir stick to serve the same purpose. (Vancouver Tea Examiner, March 7, 2011.)

Here is video clip with T-Barn tea sticks:

T-Barn tea sticks.