15 alternate uses of green tea that will guarantee that no used tea leaf ever goes to the waste bin again.
Anti-Bacterial Face Spray:
Steep a few tea bags in a bottle of hot water for an hour. Strain and store in a spray bottle. This spray will freshen up your tired, end-of-day face instantly.
Mouth Wash:
Add some baking soda to a quarter cup of tea and swish it in your mouth for a few seconds, just like a mouthwash. Research has proven that it helps prevent dental cavities.
Eye Cooler:
Reuse a used tea bag as a natural eye cooler after refrigerating it for a few minutes. Close your eyes and place the tea bags on your eye lids for a few minutes and feel that exhaustion lift.
Anti-Inflammatory Compress:
Cool a used tea bag and use it as a compress to treat sun-burnt, irritated skin. Use a warm tea bag to soothe a sty or a mosquito-bite.
Tea Bath:
Fill up a cotton sock with tea leaves or bags and allow it to steep in a bucketful of hot water. When the water is cool enough for you to bathe in, remove the sock and use it as a body loofah. Wash off in your deliciously infused bath water.
Incense:
Green tea is known for its deodorizing property. Add dried leaves to your incense pot and burn it like your regular incense.
Dye:
Dye your clothes or linen in tea leaves to get a natural light green tint on the fabric. Just boil it in water and strain. Soak the fabric for 30 minutes and hang to dry. If the desired shade is not achieved, dip once again in the same water to get a darker shade.
Refrigerator Deodorizer:
Reuse tea bags by drying them in sun and placing a couple of bags inside your refrigerator. This works just as well as baking soda in eliminating bad odours from your fridge. You can also use it to deodorize your cat's litter box.
Foot Bath:
Boil some used tea bags or loose tea leaves in water. Allow the water to cool a bit and soak a tired, smelly pair of feet in this aromatic foot bath for a few minutes.
Insecticide:
Burn dried tea leaves in a pot to get rid of mosquitoes and other flying insects. It is cheap, environment-friendly, and also works as a deodorizer.
Acne Scrub:
Soak a teaspoon of tea in water and use it to scrub your face. Not only will it bring a glow to your face, it will also help in minimizing acne and other skin infections.
Potpourri:
Reuse green tea leaves as an ingredient in your DIY potpourri along with other flowers and herbs. Or simply put some dried tea leaves on a ceramic plate and place in the smelly corners of your room.
Face Pack:
Add half a teaspoon of green tea powder to one teaspoon of honey and apply on your face. Leave it on for ten minutes and wash off with warm water.
Fertilizer:
Soak used tea leaves in water for a couple of days. Strain it and pour it in a spray bottle. Use this tea water as a fertilizer.
Pillow stuffing:
Stuff some dried leaves into your pillow to get a soothing fragrant sleep time. Sun your pillow frequently because green tea has a tendency to absorb moisture.
