How many bags do you put in a pot of tea? The question here is how many pups in a empty tea box. A pot of tea for 2 when I was a child was a spoonful of tea for each person and one for the pot. Now teabags are used more so I guess whichever way we get to 3. I often burn old boxes and paper on the fire. here you can see 3 little pups have found the box. As it was near the fire and nice and warm it was all pile in together. We have had great fun watching them growing up and now I don't think even 1 would fit in such a space. The tea box was chewed up and long gone. They then went on to play who is king of the castle on top of an empty biscuit tin.