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La invención de la bolsita de té

The Invention of the Tea Bag · B1 Spanish story

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Algunos inventos nacen por casualidad, y la bolsita de té es uno de ellos.Some inventions are born by accident, and the tea bag is one of them.

Hacia 1908, un comerciante de Nueva York quería ahorrar dinero.Around 1908 a New York merchant wanted to save money.

Envió muestras de té en bolsitas de seda.He sent samples of tea in little silk bags.

Sus clientes pensaron que debían poner las bolsitas directamente en agua caliente.His customers thought they should put the bags straight into hot water.

Lo probaron, les gustó y pidieron más.They tried it, they liked it and they asked for more.

Más tarde, el papel sustituyó a la seda.Later, paper replaced the silk.

Hoy se usan miles de millones de bolsitas cada día.Today billions of bags are used every day.

Words in this story

invento
invention
nacer
to be born
casualidad
chance
bolsita
small bag
té
tea
ser
to be
comerciante
merchant
querer
to want
ahorrar
to save
dinero
money
enviar
to send
muestra
sample
seda
silk
cliente
customer
pensar
to think
deber
should; must
poner
to put
directamente
directly
agua
water
caliente
hot
probar
to try; to taste
gustar
to like (le gusta = he likes)
pedir
to ask for; pedir perdón = say sorry
más
more; most
más
more; most
tarde
afternoon
papel
paper
sustituir
to replace
hoy
today
usar
to use
millón
million
cada
every; each
día
day

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