In reply to Jenny C:
> Think leaf tea makes a better drink, but it's...less convenient than teabags.
Get yourself a tea pot with a strainer. The process then becomes 'add tea inside basket, add water, wait 4 minutes, pour', compared to the tea bag procedure of 'add teabag to cup, add water, wait 4 minutes, remove teabag'.
Of course, the less discerning might make tea by some horrifying combination of dipping or squeezing - in which case I suppose leaf tea is indeed less convenient.