Eight genius uses for used tea bags
Think twice before throwing out those used tea bags. Here are 8
surprising ways to re-use them in and around the house.
Don't discard your used tea bags in the bin after making yourself a nice cup of tea.
There are countless things you can do with them!
Here are eight ways you can re-use your tea bags in and around your home.
1. Protect Your Garden
Rebrew used tea bags in some water and use the resulting weak tea to water your plants. This will protect them from fungal infections.
1. Tenderise
Tea is an effective meat tenderiser. Simply marinate the meat in weak tea made from the used teabags for a few hours or overnight and then follow your recipe as normal.
2. Enrich Compost
The tannins and nutrients found in tea can really
boost your compost. Tear open the used teabags and mix it into your soil or
compost.
3. Cleaning
Agent
Make a versatile cleaning solution for
wood furniture or floors and make glass and mirrors super shiny and
streak-free. Simply dip a damp cloth into the lukewarm tea and wipe the
surfaces you want to clean.
4. Foot
Care
Steep the old tea bags in a bucket
of warm water to create an instant foot spa. Soak your feet in the warm, weak
tea to neutralise foot odours and to soften hard, scaly skin and calluses.
5. Banish
Smells
Place a container of damp, used teabags in any small
room or space to neutralise funny odours. Used tea bags are perfect for getting
rid of pongy fridge smells.
6. Banish Pesky Pests
Did you know that mice don’t really like the smell of tea? Hide those used teabags in cupboards and any other areas where you might find mice or where they might come inside. To pack some more punch, soak the teabags with some peppermint essential oil, this will keep out other pests like ants and spiders as well.
7. Dish Soak
Save yourself from scrubbing and soak dishes with stubborn dirt sticking to them in some warm water with a few used teabags. The tea helps break up grease and loosen food particles.
8. Body Soak
Tea contains antioxidants, so soaking in a warm bath steeped with
used tea bags will do wonders for your skin.
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