What could be easier for coffee or tea consumers than tear, tip, stir, and sip?

Those are the only instructions needed to prepare a beverage with sugar using the Quikstix stick-pack beverage infuser from Quikstix Australia P/L.

The product centers on a segmented tube. On one side, the tube is perforated and holds coffee grounds or tea leaves that are infused when the stick is stirred in liquid. The other side, with a tear-off end, holds cream and sugar.

"As a delivery service, Quikstix can be loaded with nearly any combination of ingredients," says Dave Hopper, company founder, who has launched the product in camping stores across Australia.

The Quikstix package is made of a proprietary paper tube divided into two sections. The stick is manufactured from food-grade, plastic-coated, 100% recycled kraft paper that is chlorine- and bleach-free. The internal dividing is molded from polypropylene, but can be constructed from bioplastic, Hopper says, to make the Quikstix 99% biodegradable.

Quikstix are marketed in quantities of eight- and 10-count tubes in a coated PET/low-density polyethylene pouch.