Don't Throw Away Used Tea Bags
By Anna
@LadyDuck (467179)
Switzerland
May 25, 2016 9:23am CST
If you are a tea drinker, remember not to throw the used tea bags in the bin, they have many interesting uses.
Dried teabags can be used to remove bad smell from the shoes. It is enough to put one teabag in each shoe and leave overnight.
In the garden, tea bags a great addition to your compost.
Adding tea bags to the soil, repels root maggots.
A used teabag placed on a painful gum will reduce the pain and the inflammation.
Do you you know other uses of tea bags to share?
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
25 May 16
is that adding to the soil thing good for any tea type?
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@LadyDuck (467179)
• Switzerland
26 May 16
@Jessicalynnt Yes, try to add the tea to the soil to enrich.
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
25 May 16
@LadyDuck well in that case I shall have to start doing that with my chai leavings
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
25 May 16
The only time I use them is to make sweet tea. We don't compost and I don't think I'd care to put one on my gums considering I use the huge family size bags.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
25 May 16
@LadyDuck I won't/don't drink hot tea bu love sweet tea...also, I won't drink iced coffee, only hot coffee
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@1210800460 (557)
• China
26 May 16
@AbbyGreenhill I drink hot coffee .And I drink hot tea also.
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@cacay1 (83320)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
26 May 16
@AbbyGreenhill , I drink both , but most o the time coffee.It's not good to drink tea in the evening, it keeps us urinating severally, hehehe.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39509)
• United States
26 May 16
dependin' 'n the tea, ya can put'em'n the fridge 'n then use 'em fer those puffy eyes.
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@41CombedaleRoad (5952)
• Greece
26 May 16
@LadyDuck I'm not a great tea drinker but I would gladly exchange tea for coffee if it removed the bags under my eyes. such a tip! I will remember that one.
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@LadyDuck (467179)
• Switzerland
30 May 16
@41CombedaleRoad Soon it's the cucumber season, for the moment they are too expensive, that's the reason why I use tea.
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
26 May 16
No, but I will remember the root maggot trick. Thanks.
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@LadyDuck (467179)
• Switzerland
30 May 16
@ElizabethWallace I agree, we do not even know now how all the chemicals used in the agriculture will harm us in the future. There is a great debate right now in Europe about a weeds killer (that is banned in Switzerland), some big countries want to use it pretending that it's not dangerous. ![](/Content/images/emotes/thumbdown.gif)
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@LadyDuck (467179)
• Switzerland
31 May 16
@ElizabethWallace They should get on the bandwagon to ban this stuff, but they find so much easier to use this stuff than to find a more clean solution.
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
26 May 16
@LadyDuck Good for you. Who knows what chemicals do to us?
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
25 May 16
not really but I like what you told us.
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@jobelbojel (35114)
• Philippines
25 May 16
I never thought there are lots of usage. I will keep this in mind. Thanks!
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@PatZAnthony (14749)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
25 May 16
There are probably many uses, but I can't think of any at the moment.
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