There is nothing like starting the day with a hot cup of coffee. It’s a morning ritual of mine! But when evening draws near, I usually switch to tea.
You know how it works: fill the kettle, and soon you have a steaming cup of tea to enjoy – after adding your favorite tea bag, of course.
A few seconds later, remove the bag, throw it away, and enjoy your drink.
I’ve stopped throwing away old tea bags ever since my grandmother taught me some creative uses for them.
Discover these creative ways to reuse used tea bags by reading on. They may save you money in the future, and you may be surprised at how useful they can be!
Reduce sunburns.
Grab a tea bag filled with black tea and give it a quick rinse in cold water. Whether you’re enjoying summertime or traveling to new places, this simple cure will quickly become your go-to therapy for sunburns. Black tea’s tannic acid provides a refreshing cooling sensation and aids in skin recovery.
Treat mild burns.
The tea bags used to treat sunburns can also be recycled for use in other emergency circumstances. If you burn yourself by accident, just cover the affected area with a tea bag. Minor burns can be soothed by the tannins in black tea.
Get rid of warts.
Did you know that the abundance of antioxidants in green tea can help prevent warts from forming? Simply place a used tea bag right on the wart when it has cooled.
After fifteen minutes, take out the tea bag and replace it with a new one. For another fifteen minutes, keep the replacement tea bag in place. You should notice that your wart is beginning to disappear in a few days.
Put an end to swollen eyes.
There are benefits to using black tea’s tannins to lessen eye puffiness.
Don’t throw away the teabag the next time you enjoy a cup of tea! Rather, keep it in the refrigerator for a day or two in a tiny container.
Simply take a few cold tea bags out of the fridge when you’re ready to tackle those bags under your eyes.
Remove stains caused by grease.
Because of stains that won’t go away, are you letting your dishes soak?
Just put your dirty dishes in the sink and fill it with water. You’ll find that the stains remove much more easily if you include a few tea bags.
herbicide.
You can make an efficient weed killer out of a tea sachet.
You can try applying brewed black tea straight to the weeds or make a mixture with tea, water, and citrus (such as orange or grapefruit). Additionally, as Tip Hero suggests, steeping black tea in a jar of vinegar with orange peels can serve as a spray.
plant-based diet.
In addition to burying loose leaf teas and biodegradable tea bags around your plants, you may use tea bags as plant food in your compost bin. This is good for roses, and it’s also good for houseplants and yard plants like ferns. You can directly encourage plant growth by burying the loose leaves or tea bags near the roots.
Have you tried using tea to enhance your gardening skills before? Which of these ideas would you be interested in trying out?
