In daily life, many people enjoy brewing tea to drink. In fact, drinking tea offers numerous benefits, such as: beauty care, hangover relief, anti-aging, and even prolonging life—the list is extensive. But besides these, are there any other special clever uses? Hurry up and find out!

1. When stewing beef, in addition to adding various seasonings, you can also add a small bag of ordinary tea leaves and cook it together with the beef. The beef will cook faster and have a fresh, fragrant flavor.

2. After eating particularly spicy chili, if the spiciness in your mouth is unbearable, you can first rinse your mouth with water, then chew a few tea leaves; the spicy taste will be eliminated.

3. Use used tea leaves to brew tea eggs; they will have a fresh and fragrant taste.

4. After eating raw onions or garlic, chew some used tea leaves in your mouth for a while to eliminate the odor of onions and garlic.

5. Soak meat in a 5% concentration of good tea water for a while before refrigerating. This not only improves the freshness preservation of the meat but also makes it less prone to spoilage.

6. Using tea to quit smoking: People who need to rely on smoking to refresh themselves might try replacing cigarettes with tea. Oolong tea is particularly effective for quitting smoking.

 

 

7. While watching TV, drinking a cup of tea can effectively resist the harmful rays emitted by the TV picture tube. Tea can also stop the formation of nitrites—a potential stomach cancer trigger—in the mouth.

8. For containers with a fishy smell, boil used tea leaves in them for a few minutes to remove the odor.

9. If a cooking pot has a fishy smell, first wipe it with soaked tea leaves, then rinse with clean water to eliminate the smell.

10. Put a small amount of tea leaves into a thermos, then pour in boiling water, cover it, and wait 20 minutes before drinking. The scale inside the thermos will gradually loosen due to the tea alkali; repeating this a few times will remove it completely.

11. Bury fresh eggs in clean, dry tea dregs and store them in a cool, dry place. The eggs can be preserved for 2–3 months without spoiling.

12. Put dried used tea leaves into a nylon sock and place it inside smelly shoes. The tea leaves will absorb moisture and eliminate odors. For adult shoes, about one cup's worth of tea leaves is needed.

 

 

13. Place 50 grams of scented tea in a gauze bag and put it in the refrigerator to remove odors. After a month, take the tea leaves out, sun-dry them, put them back into the gauze bag, and place them in the refrigerator again. This can be repeated multiple times with good deodorizing效果.

14. For kitchen utensils stained with grease, scrub them several times with fresh, damp tea dregs to wash away the grease. If fresh damp dregs aren't available, use dry tea dregs soaked in hot water.

15. For painted doors, windows, furniture, or glass windows covered with dust, wiping with cold tea will make them appear particularly bright and clean.

16. Using tea dregs to wipe mirrors, glass, doors, windows, furniture, formica boards, and mud stains on leather shoes has excellent cleaning效果.

17. Oil stains on dark-colored clothes can be removed by rubbing with used tea leaves.

18. New wooden furniture often has a pungent paint smell. Wiping it several times with tea water will make the odor fade away, working better than detergent.

 

 

19. New clothes or fabrics usually have a strong, unpleasant odor due to dyes. If not removed, it can be very uncomfortable to wear. Burning a handful of tea leaves and using the smoke can熏除 the smell.

20. If brightly colored clothes have faded, rinsing them with tea juice can restore their original color.

21. Brew a small handful of tea leaves and use the tea water to wash woolen sweaters; it can remove dirt and keep the colors bright.

22. Collect dried used tea leaves, put them in a bag, and they make excellent pillow stuffing. The pillow will be softly firm, fragrant, and help reduce 'internal heat' (head火).

 

 

23. Burning used tea leaves in toilets or poorly ventilated areas can eliminate bad smells.

24. Dry brewed tea leaves and burn them at dusk in summer to repel mosquitoes and insects. It is harmless to humans and produces a fresh fragrance.

25. Putting tea dregs into flowerpots helps retain soil moisture. Mixed with soil in a pot, it also serves as fertilizer for flowers.

26. Let leftover tea cool down. Before bed or early the next morning, use a cotton swab dipped in the tea to moisten your eyelashes; this can help promote eyelash growth.

27. Dry used tea leaves and spread them in damp areas to absorb moisture.

28. Scatter tea leaves on carpets or rugs, then sweep them away; the tea will take all the dust with it.

29. Soak used tea leaves in water for a few days, then water plant roots with it to promote plant growth.

30. Used tea leaves can also be used to feed newly hatched silkworms.