Recycle your tea!

No need to throw out your used tea leaves immediately. There are lots of creative uses for them:

For Plants: dump the tea leaves around your house plants or in your garden compost. They make excellent mulch and plant food as well as help repel bugs.

Eye freshener: use chilled used tea bags (or left-over tea poured on a cotton cloth and cooled) and place over eyes for up to 20 minutes to soothe tired and red eyes.

Minor cuts, abrasions and sunburn: Soak a cloth in used tea or steamed, cooled tea leaves (that have no unnatural additives) and lay on the abused area for 5-15 minutes up to four times a day for visible relief.

Temporary suntan: Strong brewed unscented, unflavored black tea is best to use for a temporary suntan. Add up to a cup of tea to your bath and soak for about 20 minutes to give your skin a slightly darker, healthy hue. (It will wash off in the next shower or bath.)

Hair Rinse: For a rinse that leaves your hair soft and glossy, as well as a little darker, use left-over brewed black tea as a rinse after shampooing. Wash out if you do not want a darker color or leave on for wonderful feeling hair.