How to use overdue tea
Tea is a kind of beverage so if the tea is overdue or stored improperly, it will go mouldy. Mouldy tie guan yin tea must not be drunk then. Normally, the guarantee period of sealed packaged tieguanyin tea is varying from12 to 24 months which is marked on the package. The shelf life of loose tieguanyin tea is shorter, so you’d better choose new tea when purchasing.
Tea has a storage life too but most people don’t pay attention to that. Good tea is normally expensive and it’ll be a big pity when it’s overdue. Do we have to throw the nice tea away? Actually, overdue tieguanyin tea has many other magical functions.
Magical function one of overdue tieguanyin tea: dehumidizer and deodorizer
Have you found that if the caddy hasn’t been covered well, the bulk of tea leaves would expand piecemeal? That is the proof of tea’s strong absorption. You may put some overdue tieguanyin tea in a vessel and put that in a freezer or drawer that you don’t want to be damp. For a while, the tieguanyin tea leaves will expand by absorbing moisture and to a certain degree you may change some new overdue leaves. The leaves affect well and emit slight tea fragrance so as to deodorize.
Magical function two of mouldy tie guan yin tea: fertilizer
When I was a child I saw the flowerpots whether at my home or ini others’ were always covered by tea dregs, and now I find why people did that. The brewed tea leaves can be used as fertilizer tom promote growth of plants and make leaves more lucidus. So next time, you may infuse the overdue tieguanyin tea for a while then pour the leaves into flowerpots, which is simple, economical and nutritious.
Magical function three of overdue tieguanyin tea: ashtray
Overspread a layer of overdue tieguanyin tea in an ashtray then add a little water so that the smoke and smell would not disperse everywhere when you flick the ash or extinguish the cigarette into the ashtray. Smokers may consider this function of the overdue tieguanyin tea leaves.
Magical function four of overdue tieguanyin tea: to make a pillow or sachet
You may also keep the furniture clean away from dust for a while by cleansing it with tea water infused by overdue tieguanyin tea leaves. If the overdue tieguanyin tea leaves are piled up like a small mountain, you may think about to stuff a pillow with the leaves. I once slept on pillows made of green gram spermoderm and tea leaves, till now I still remember the tea fragrance of the pillows. If there’re not enough leaves, you can make a sachet with them, hang it everywhere you like and there’ll be fragrant. However, whether the pillow or sachet, never ever dip it in water, otherwise it’ll turn into a big tea ball.
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