How to Reuse Tea Bags at Your Household |
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Tea bags are something most people use only once.
One tea bag equals to one cup of tea and after that it usually ends up in garbage.
But it doesn’t have to be that way.
Even though you will never make another tea with the tea bag you have already used, still there are other ways in which tea bags can be reused.
This will also be your ecological contribution to nature.
Therefore discover new ways in which you can use tea bags and improve your health and nature that surrounds you.
1. Add Flavour to Pasta and Grains
Once you’ve brewed your cup of tea, you can reuse the bag to flavour other foods.
Hang the bags into a pot of water that you will use for making pasta, rice or other grains.
Let the water boil so that the tea bags can release their aroma. Remove the tea bags from the water and add pasta or other grains.
Jasmin or camomile tea is excellent for rice and green tea goes excellent with pasta. Teas that contain cinnamon are excellent for oatmeal.
2. Nourish the plants in your garden
Put used tea bags in a bucket of water and use the resulting weak tea to water your plants and protect them from fungal infections.
Alternately, open up used tea bags and sprinkle the damp leaves around the base of your plants to fertilize the soil and deter garden pests like mice.
3. Clean and Refresh Carpets and Rugs
You can use tea bags to clean and deodorize your floor coverings.
Store used tea bags in the refrigerator in a cup of water to keep them from spoiling until you have enough to cover the surface you want to clean.
Then open the used tea bags and let all of the leaves dry until they are still slightly damp, but no longer wet.
Sprinkle the loose tea over rugs and carpets and leave them until they are totally dry.
Then vacuum them up or sweep the dried tea leaves away.
4. Degrease Dirty Dishes
Soak your dishes in warm water with a couple of used bags to break up grease without the application of harsh chemicals.
The tea will also help to loosen any stuck on food and save you from the endless scrubbing.
5. Antioxidant Bath
Because tea leaves contain antioxidants, bathing in warm water steeped with pre-brewed tea bags is great for your skin.
Either hang the used bags over the faucet and let the water run through them as you fill your bath, or drop the bags directly into the water to create a nourishing tea bath.
As an added bonus, use fragrant tea like Jasmine for an aromatherapy experience or try pre-brewed Chamomile tea to relax your whole body while you bathe.
6. Eliminate Bad Breath
Use twice-brewed tea to make an all-natural breath-freshening mouthwash.
Simply brew up some weak tea using your used tea bags and wash your mouth.
You can use various types of tea but peppermint and green teas are considered the best.
7. Soothe Irritated Skin
Cool, moist tea bags are an excellent way to naturally soothe skin irritations.
Place them on painful skin areas or over sore, tired eyes to ease discomfort.
Massage over sunburn to cool skin and reduce inflammation.
Place against bruises to ease discomfort and help speed healing.
Gently rub over stings and bites to draw toxins and lessen pain and swelling.
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