Finally, An Authentic 'Tea-Shirt'
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Coming soon to a store near you - A t-shirt made from 'tea' - And we are not talking something simply dyed with the leaves, but an entirely new material made from the world's favorite drink!
The amazing cloth is the result of a collaboration between Professor Freemont at London's Imperial College and fashion designer Suzanne Lee, who wished to invent a new green fabric for the fashion industry.
To manufacture the material, green tea, sugar and a number of nutrients are first mixed together to make a soup-like concoction. Bacteria are slowly added to this mixture over the course of few days. As it blends in, it helps create clumps of cellulose that rise to the surface. These are removed and spun into a fabric that is extremely lightweight but has a texture that resembles leather.
Suzanne who has used the fabric to make a range of clothes ranging from shirts to dresses and even shoes, is tweaking the manufacturing process a little more, after which she hopes to introduce it to the mainstream market.
Sources: telegraph.co.uk,vouchercodes.co.uk, mircrobeworld.org, inewide.com
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- lionsrcute1about 10 yearsCool!
- ikyra_marieabout 10 yearsawesome
- ikyra_marieabout 10 yearsso cool!
- kell-bellover 10 yearsyeash! ppl are making some pretty crazy things
- headream100over 10 yearsThey really are "tea shirts"! No wonder they had a pun there.
- calebbutteralmost 10 yearsI know tea shirts ha ha ha
- lollipop123over 10 yearsugly but awesome
- directioneralmost 11 yearsthis is the most amazing thing in the world
- la_elizaabout 11 yearsThat is so cool!
- cartoon654over 11 yearsTHEY SURE ARENT wrong about the "tea shirts"
- Mariaover 11 yearsIs cool and they have a good imagination