Small tea bags

JJC1956

littlemoney said:

@JJC1956 is the steradent just placed in the mug with cold water and then left overnight?

PS As someone mentioned above, also put your Teaspoons in the cup/mug whilst cleaning, kill 2 birds with 1 stone.

My better half has been given a few Porcelain Mugs over the years, which she uses on a daily basis, but in a normal wash using a scrubber the stains don’t come out, I found 1 Steradent every now and then brings them up perfect.

Farway

weenancyinAmerica said:

I use bicarbonate of soda (baking soda) to clean the stains from tea from mugs, cups, spoons, and my teeth. Works really fast and does a great job. Just mix with a little water.

I use my dishwasher, not for the teeth though

bouicca21

TBH if the stains are that bad that you need steradent or bicarb, you are buying rubbish cheap tea.  I simply wipe my mugs with a bit more pressure than usual, though I must admit the teapot goes in the dishwasher  every now and again.  

For a weaker brew try Ceylon, or Darjeeling.

Slinky

bouicca21 said:

TBH if the stains are that bad that you need steradent or bicarb, you are buying rubbish cheap tea.  I simply wipe my mugs with a bit more pressure than usual, though I must admit the teapot goes in the dishwasher  every now and again.  

For a weaker brew try Ceylon, or Darjeeling.

I think a lot of this depends on where you live and the hardness of your water. I also re-use mugs through the day rather than a fresh one each time, so get a bit of staining even though we use a water filter because of our really hard water.

There's another debate. Fresh cup each time or reuse previous cup?

newlywed

There's another debate. Fresh cup each time or reuse previous cup?

If it’s the same type of tea then re-use. Different type/flavour tea then new cup. We drink many cups of tea a day… and only one of us ever washes up!

We are a hard water area and also have staining issues, makes a little bit of difference if it’s my expensive decaf earl grey or OHs Pg but still stains. I use astonish cup clean. But it does take a bit of the glaze off after time so might try some sterident, thanks.

London_1

I use the same cup, and rinse it out, and refill ofeten during the day

My washing up gets done after dinner in the evening in one go so I use only a bowl or two of water at most per day My water bill per month is £9.70 so I like to conserve water as I do other utilities.

Left over washing up water goes on the garden. I am a definite zero waste lady if I can for both food and water, they all cost cash and apart from that conserving stuff is better for the planet. "Every little helps "     

JackieO xx

bouicca21

I also live in a hard water area. Cheap teas are heavy on tannin - they are designed to give your tea a strong colour, hence the staining.  Buying quality tea is my luxury, especially as I drink it black.

tboo

Slinky said:

There's another debate. Fresh cup each time or reuse previous cup?

Oww. I never re-use a cup. As they are used they go into the DW - out of sight - and washed all together ready for tomorrow's brew.

Staining isn't normally a problem as I drink very weak tea with milk. I clean them very rarely but when I do they get a soak in Astonish cup clean.

When this happens I pop the teaspoons in as well.

maryb

 Small teapot with an inbuilt strainer. A teabag usually has more tea in it than the amount of loose tea I use for a pot  The strainer is easy to empty into a teabag pot I bought on the big river site so no mess
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Brabantia-Waste-Bags-Coffee-Pods/dp/B000BV5QY8/ref=sr_1_6?crid=2L4EC9I1V38JY&keywords=tea%2Bbag%2Bpot&qid=1653324423&sprefix=teabag%2Bpot%2Caps%2C62&sr=8-6&th=1

JIL

I dont tend to drink a full cup of tea, during the day, so it's a tea bag between two of us. However it's got to be Yorkshire tea. Bought by the big bag full, from b and m or the Iceland food warehouse. 

I do drink a full cup of tea most mornings, which my other half brings upstairs to me. Sometimes, he does this a little too early and I have been known to warm it up in the microwave or (dont judge 🤣) I pop it into a travel mug and warm it up when I get to work.