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L'invention du sachet de thé

The Invention of the Tea Bag · B1 French story

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Certaines inventions arrivent par hasard, et le sachet de thé en est une.Some inventions happen by accident, and the tea bag is one of them.

Vers 1908, un marchand de New York voulait économiser de l'argent.Around 1908 a New York merchant wanted to save money.

Il a envoyé des échantillons de thé dans de petits sacs de soie.He sent samples of tea in small silk bags.

Ses clients ont cru qu'il fallait mettre les sacs directement dans l'eau chaude.His customers thought the bags should go straight into the hot water.

Ils ont essayé, ils ont aimé et ils en ont demandé d'autres.They tried it, liked it and asked for more.

Plus tard, le papier a remplacé la soie.Later, paper replaced the silk.

Aujourd'hui, on utilise des milliards de sachets chaque jour.Today billions of bags are used every day.

Words in this story

invention
invention
arriver
to arrive; to happen
hasard
chance
sachet
small bag
thé
tea
être
to be
marchand
merchant
vouloir
to want
économiser
to save
argent
money; silver
avoir
to have; helper verb for the past (a pris: took)
envoyer
to send
échantillon
sample
petit
small; little
sac
bag
soie
silk
client
guest; customer
croire
to believe
falloir
to be necessary
mettre
to put
directement
directly
eau
water
chaud
hot; warm
essayer
to try
aimer
to like; to love
demander
to ask
plus
more; plus tard = later
tard
late; plus tard = later
papier
paper
remplacer
to replace
aujourd'hui
today
utiliser
to use
jour
day

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