Brewing tea hot or cold and adding new flavours is as far as we can go with traditional tea making. However, real tea transformations occur with a little extra creativity. The possibilities are endless, and they all start with that tea or leftover tea in your cabinet.
Here are 7 ways you can get the tea party started:
1. Perfume your room
Apartment Therapy discovered that hanging tea bags can give your space a subtle, earthy smell. You can make its soothing effect by adding a sweet-smelling natural oil in order to enhance the perfume. A drop or two of essential oil can enhance the easy earthy and pleasant smell of tea.
2. Cool down a skin burn
To relieve the sting from a rushed shave, a misplaced flat iron, or a steam burn, tea might just do the trick! Take a used cool tea bag and place it on the affected area for instant relief. If the burn is too widespread, you can throw some tea bags in a bath or basin of water and soak your body.
3. Make a gastronome dinner
Tea sophisticated meat marinades are less known than coffee ones. However, tea marinades are equally delicious. The grassy notes of raw meat combined with the freshness of tea complement the acidity of other ingredients for a delicious grilled meat meal.
4. Make a divine dessert
The earthy flavour of tea is the perfect balance to the sweetness we crave in a dessert. Start adding tea to your dough and see a difference in your confections.
5. De-puff your eyes and remove the stink from your feet
Giving your sweaty, smelly feet a 20-minute soak in a sweet-smelling tea bath will leave them as good as new. Additionally, put a warm tea bag on your eyes to relieve swollen, tired, achy, puffy eyes. The tannins in the tea act to reduce puffiness and soothe tired eyes.
6. Tea for bath and body self-care
If you get time to make your own personal care products, try this recipe to make use of any tea bags lying around. Follow this step-by-step guide to making tea soaps.
7. In the garden
Want your outdoor garden or tiny house plant to thrive? The blog Gardening Know How says if your tea bag is biodegradable, or you prefer loose tea leaves, you can throw a used one directly into your compost to feed your plant and help prevent killer weeds.
The use of tea, in this case, may help reduce your use of harsher, less environmentally friendly fertilizers, and other plant foods.