Infusion package

An infusion package for a tea tag and the like, comprising an outer cover of flexible sheet, said sheet including a main central panel having opposed side and top and bottom edges and a pair of adjacent side panels having inner and outer edges hingedly attached by means of said side panel inner edges to said central panel along the side edges thereof, said panels each having inner and outer surfaces, a porous bag containing beverage infusion material hingedly attached at an upper portion thereof to said central panel for positioning against and generally within the planar extent of the inner surface of said central panel when said package is in a closed storage position, said side panels adapted to swing to a partial overlapping position with respect to each other with their respective inner surfaces superposed with respect to the central panel inner surface in said close position, and means for holding said package in said closed position, said side panels adapted to swing outwardly from said central panel to an open use position wherein said package may be positioned on the outside surface of a cup with said infusion bag extending over the rim thereof and into said cup with at least portions of the inner surfaces of said side panels contacting the outer cup surface to support said package with respect thereto.