Things You Never Thought You Could Do with Tea!

Tea is More Than Just a Healthy Drink!

There are many different varieties of tea that people all over the world drink, hot and cold, herbal, fruity, green, white and black, while enjoying all of the health benefits that tea has to offer. Many people do not realize that these natural nutrients that are contained in tea can be used for things other than a soothing afternoon drink. I have discovered over time, that tea can be beneficial for a lot more then I would have ever imagined. Here are some of my favorites.

Did you know that you can freshen up an old musty carpet with tea leaves? It is really quite simple too. All that you have to do is to sprinkle a thin layer of dried tea leaves over a dusty area of carpet and leave it there for 20 minutes or longer. The next step is simple. Just vacuum over the area that you treated with tea with your vacuum cleaner and the tea will have permeated the carpet, leaving the entire room smelling nice and fresh. As an added bonus, the tea in the vacuum will deodorize the vacuum cleaner as well! I recommend an herbal tea such as lavender, mint, fruity varieties or jasmine tea. It will leave a stronger fragrance.

Do your house plants seem to dry out and wilt in the winter? Here is how to help keep your house plants hydrated all winter long. All you have to do is to bury a few teabags into the soil around the base of your plants. When you water them the tea bags will retain the moisture a lot longer then just the soil alone, thus keeping the soil from drying out too quickly in dry cold weather. Additionally, the nutrients from the tea leaves will slowly and steadily give nourishment to your plants, giving them a more healthy look and it will keep the leaves from wilting.

Enhance the flavor and nutrients in steamed vegetables. When you are boiling the water to cook your veggies in, add a few tea bags to the water. This will add a very subtle flavor to your veggies and as we all know, tea has a lot of anti-oxidants, too. The anti-oxidants will seep into to your vegetables. Your vegetables will have a nice different taste to them. Try different varieties of tea in order to create different flavors.