Tea Bags: We Need Feedback!

We need some help from you! We finally have enough castings to start packaging castings – and thanks to Green Grocer, we have a sales outlet. We’re playing around with ideas for reusable worm casting tea bags as a convenient way for you to store and use worm castings to make “tea.”

Vote: Three Packaging Options

glean tea bag packaging

1. Label stapled to paper bag which protrudes from
2. Label stapled to paper and muslin bag which are flush
3. Casting directly in tea bag with no paper

So here are three similar bags. Included in the kit are 1/2lb worm castings, a reusable tea bag, and maybe another bag to hold the extra castings. This will make 10-15gal of compost tea and all of the packaging is biodegradable in your home compost pile (or ours if you don’t have one). MSRP is $4 and, where possible, bulk castings will be available so you don’t have to re-buy the tea bag every time.

We just want to know (answer any or all in however much detail you are willing to give):
a. Would you buy this? How about now?
b. Which package is most appealing to you (and ideally why).
c. Would you rather buy a bigger or smaller kit?

How to Send Feedback
Answer in the comments, @gleanorganics on Twitter, Glean Organics on Facebook, or email worms[shift+2]gleanorganics[dot]com. Thanks for helping!

About Compost Tea
Like the kind you drink, garden tea is simply made by steeping compost, manure, worm castings, or other microbial rich stuff in water (different materials make “better” or “worse” tea in many opinions; ours is the best ;-p). There are much more complicated methods but our tea bags have everything you need – just add water!

Feeding your plants is especially important in these hot, dry late summer months. Casting tea has the added benefit of boosting your plants immune system as well as the health of the soil in your garden. This keeps your plants happy, healthy, and productive.