What can I do with out of date Peppermint tea bags?

Cookiepops · 13 September 2011 at 8:02PM

just found a box at the back of my cupboard - nearly 2 years out of date!

Before I throw them out, just wondered if there was anything I could use them for - in the garden/allotment or a home made beauty treatment?

Thanks!

xx_Jo_xx · 13 September 2011 at 8:28PM

You can drink them - I did once before... didnt realise I was drinking out of date ones at first. Then i did, bought a new box and they both tasted exactly the same... Mine were in a foil pouch, im not sure if that makes a difference... I wouldnt think so however, as it had been opened for a while before they were expired.

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MrsCrafty · 13 September 2011 at 8:36PM

They don't go off, just might lose a bit of flavour. Use 2 in one cup and drink them.

SpikyHedgehog · 14 September 2011 at 5:17AM

If you really don't want to use them, or have several other boxes in date ;-) you can put them on the compost heap, add them to a bath for a minty bath, use them as eye pads when relaxing with a face mask (put a couple in a cup, add a little boiling water as though making strong tea then leave to cool...). I should think they'd make a nice final rinse for hair too?

sharnad · 14 September 2011 at 5:16PM

put them on your plants

MaggieBaking · 14 September 2011 at 5:48PM

I would drink them, but I did see on the TV yesterday a treatment that was peppermint tea bags, cocoa powder, sugar and olive oil all mixed together to create a great smelling body scrub.