Saving Money with Tea Bags

It's been twenty years since I wrote an article about saving money with tea bags.  
Back then a two liter bottle of pop could be had for 99¢. While that can still be true today, a two liter bottle of Pepsi regularly goes for $1.25 at Walmart these days while a two liter bottle of Coke is going for $1.68. 
The price we currently pay for a ten pound bag of sugar is $3.76  and $20.88 for six hundred Red Rose tea bags. My daughter prefers the taste of Red Rose, so that is what we use. 
There are 22.5 cups of sugar in a 10 pound bag and at a cost of $3.76, that works out to 17¢ per cup. 
We use 1 cup of sugar in our gallons of tea, which works out to 17¢ for sugar. 
There are 600 small tea bags in the box of Red Rose tea we buy, and I use 10 bags for each gallon of tea, which works out to 35¢ for the tea bags. 
Figuring out the math we determined that a gallon of tea cost us 51¢ to make at home.
One gallon of Tea = 51¢ ($53.04 @ 2 per week for 1 year)
We also figured what a gallon of soda would cost if it were sold by the gallon:
One gallon of Pepsi = $ 4.74  ($492.96 @ 2 per week for 1 year)
One gallon of Coke = $ 6.36  ($661.44 @ 2 per week for 1 year)
These figures amount to a savings of $608.40 if you drink tea over Coke or $439.92 if you drink tea over Pepsi. 
Of course, you can lower your costs with the tea even more. 
Switch to a lower cost tea bag to save money. Red Rose is one of the more expensive brand of tea bags. Of course, we save money in other areas, but this is one area where we splurge. 
Using less sugar or none will also save money. 
Using less tea bags than we do will save you money too. 
For example:
100 Great Value tea bags cost $1.94, which works out to 20¢ per gallon using 10 teabags plus more if you use sugar. 
100 National Cup tea bags cost $1.00, which works out to 10¢ per gallon using 10 tea bags plus more if you use sugar. 
We like our tea strong, so ten bags works for us. You may find that using less tea bags works for you. At only 51¢ per gallon, I'll happily use ten Red Rose tea bags and not worry about it. :)
Of course we all know the ultimate way to save money on beverages is by drinking water but that is another topic for another day. ;)
Belinda ~ Living within our Means ~ My Linktree

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