Each of you will certainly know the pleasure of sipping a cup of hot tea on a cold winter evening or cooling off with the same drink, but in a summer and possibly home-made version during the hottest months. The tea leaves, the bags that contain it and the infusion itself can be used or reused for many purposes. For example, they will help you with home cleaning, creating do-it-yourself beauty remedies and taking care of your garden. After reading our fifty possible alternative uses, you will no longer waste even a drop of this precious and wondrous drink.
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Each of you will certainly know the pleasure of sipping a cup of hot tea on a cold winter evening or cooling off with the same drink, but in summer and possibly home version during the hottest months. The tea leaves, le sachets containing it and the same infused can be used or reused for many purposes. For example, they will come to your aid in household cleaning, in the creation of remedies DIY beauty and in the care of yours garden. After reading our fifty possible alternative uses, you will no longer waste even a drop of this precious and wondrous drink.
Index
Household cleaning
1. Per clean the doormat sprinkle the surface with tea leaves (already used and left to dry). Leave them to act for a quarter of an hour so that they can absorb the humidity and vacuum the doormat.
2. To clean yours carpets, including delicate Persian carpets, proceed as above, but without using a vacuum cleaner. Use a brush to gently remove the tea leaves and give your carpet new life.
3. To restore brilliance to the dark wood floors, add a few tablespoons of black tea to the water in which you will dip a cloth for washing. Wring out, wipe the floor with the help of a scrub brush and let it dry.
4. Per polish wooden furniture create at the moment a spray bottle containing a glass of water and a few tablespoons of cold black tea. Shake everything and pass it on the furniture using a cotton cloth.
5. To make shining glass and mirrors use diluted black tea, which will help you to easily remove any streaks. Use a cotton cloth for optimal cleaning.
6. Don't throw them away tea bags used. Rubbing them on handles, grips, doors, glass and mirrors will allow you to more easily remove any traces of grease and annoying fingerprints.
7. Rubbing your fingers with used tea bags will help you get rid of the i bad smells which could be formed by handling certain foods, such as garlic and onions.
8. To prevent the formation of unpleasant odors in the refrigerator try inserting a tea bag inside it, which will absorb them.
9. Add the contents of a few tea bags to the bottom of the bedding of yours pets. It will be useful for absorbing bad smells.
10. Tea is said to help keep away fleas e parasites. Try spreading some leaves (let them dry after using them) around their kennel.
11. Eliminate the dust mites from doormats and rugs by sprinkling green tea infusion directly on them.
12. Sprinkle with some tea leaves ash left in the chimney will help you to remove it more easily.
13. If you find that you have old tea bags that weigh their aroma, use the contents to create potpourri, which you will perfume with a few drops of natural essential oils.
14. One sachet of flavored tea can easily replace themagic-tree on your car.
15. With the contents of a few tea bags flavored with vanilla or cinnamon you can easily make your own scented sachets to be inserted in cabinets and drawers.
16. Used tea bags will work wonders if used for polish the silverware, rubbing them gently on it.
Health and beauty
17. Black tea can be used instead of water in the preparation ofhenna to make the coppery reflections that this natural color will give to your hair even more alive.
18. Apply green tea infusion with the help of a cotton ball in case of sty so that it disappears quickly.
19. Mixing two tablespoons of green tea and a few drops of lemon juice can make a face tonic with antioxidant power to be used morning and evening by applying it with a sponge or a cotton handkerchief.
20. Apply used tea bags to the eyes and squeeze them to calm the discomfort caused by the conjunctivitis.
21. To mitigate the eye bags it is advisable to apply tea bags soaked in lukewarm water to the affected area.
22. Cotton cloths soaked in tea or the tea bags themselves can be applied to the sunburn and on other small burns to relieve the discomfort.
23. Pass a used tea bag on the skin after shaving to calm the redness and make sure that any small wounds heal immediately.
24. Infusion or tea leaves can be among the ingredients in the preparation of homemade soap.
25. After a 'injection, applying a well-squeezed tea bag to the affected area can help ease the pain and swelling.
26. Gently rub some tea leaves on gums can help reduce redness and swelling.
27. An infusion of green tea and mint leaves will be great mouthwash natural refreshing.
28. To make the hair bright after washing, use for the final rinse of the unsweetened green tea infusion. with the addition of a teaspoon of apple cider vinegar.
29. Applying some very strong green tea with a cotton ball can help so that boils and pimples they disappear more quickly.
30. For a relaxing foot bath dilute a cup of green tea infusion and two or three tablespoons of coarse salt in a basin of hot water.
31. Make gods gargling with very strong black tea it can be a valid help to solve the problem of bad breath.
32. Apparently apply a well-squeezed and still lukewarm tea bag for 20 minutes a day on corns and calluses can be useful to soften them.
33. According to traditional Chinese medicine, sleeping on a pillow filled with tea leaves, it would guarantee a more relaxing rest, peaceful dreams and a more attentive mind upon awakening.
34. Very strong black tea to which to add a spoonful of honey or malt is one of the best natural remedies to counteract the first symptoms of cold or the sore throat.
35. Consuming green tea frequently and routinely will help keep your levels at bay cholesterol and to prevent the formation of clots in the blood.
36. Drinking a cup of black tea will help you recover more quickly after a dizziness.
37. Massaging the scalp with green tea infusion before shampooing will help fight it dandruff.
38. Put the used tea leaves aside and apply them on your face to get a real one beauty mask with an astringent and illuminating effect.
In the kitchen and in the garden
39. In the preparation of cakes and plumcakes green tea can be used to replace water for the dough and thus give your dessert a more characteristic flavor.
40. In China, black tea leaves are added to boiling water hard-boiled eggs to enrich the flavor.
41. The infusion of green tea is indicated to give an exotic touch to mousse, puddings, ice creams, sauces e marinature.
42. The tea leaves you use can help you enrich yours home compost, promoting the proliferation of useful bacteria.
43. Tea is one of the most suitable natural fertilizers for pink. You can sprinkle the surrounding soil with tea leaves, but there are also those who directly use the infusion to water them, after letting it cool.
44. Tea leaves can be added to a basic soil to make it neutral or to an acidic soil to accentuate this characteristic, depending on the needs of your plants.
45. Place used tea bags on the bottom of your jars. They will help the earth contained in them a better retain water.
46. The caffeine contained in tea leaves appears to be able to help some plants a grow faster. It may therefore be useful to add them to your soil.
47. Arranging green tea leaves around your pots will help keep insects away e parasites harassing.
Other uses
48. Tea can be used for to dye of course the fabrics.
49. Some artists use concentrated black tea infusion to refine the details of the pencil sketches.
50. To strengthen the bearings of the legs of your dog, rub tightly squeezed tea bags over them.
Marta Albè
