12wonderY
- Adding milk helps keep your teeth white. - According to a study recently published in the International Journal of Dental Hygiene, a splash of milk is more effective than whitening toothpastes when it comes to preventing stains.
- Some snacks taste better with tea than others. - Green tea pairs well with subtle flavors like chicken salad and watercress sandwiches, while bold black tea complements richer foods like chocolate and red meat.
- Used tea bags have many uses around the house. - Don't toss those old bags! Reuse them to create a weak tea to water plants with, which prevents fungal infections. Or use them to degrease dirty pots and pans: Soak dishes in warm water with a couple of tea bags and watch previously stuck-on food slide off with the swipe of a sponge.
- Aside from water, tea is the most popular drink in the world.
Don't know if any of them are really true.
- Some snacks taste better with tea than others. - Green tea pairs well with subtle flavors like chicken salad and watercress sandwiches, while bold black tea complements richer foods like chocolate and red meat.
- Used tea bags have many uses around the house. - Don't toss those old bags! Reuse them to create a weak tea to water plants with, which prevents fungal infections. Or use them to degrease dirty pots and pans: Soak dishes in warm water with a couple of tea bags and watch previously stuck-on food slide off with the swipe of a sponge.
- Aside from water, tea is the most popular drink in the world.
Don't know if any of them are really true.
2binders
Someone I know uses a damp teabag to run around the edges of the wooden floor in lieu of proper cleaning. It picks up the dust nicely (apparently).
3PawsforThought
Chocolate and tea - match made in heaven.
Don't use tea bags, but I suppose the weak tea for plants would work well with loose leaf, too.
Don't use tea bags, but I suppose the weak tea for plants would work well with loose leaf, too.
5PawsforThought
>4 justjukka: Ah, good idea. I'm guessing it'd smell pretty nice, too. Always a good side effect.
6abbottthomas
Don't forget that black tea is mildly acidic (pH 4.9 according to Google) so perhaps better for calcifuge plants than those that need lime. You'd probably have to do a lot of watering to make a difference to soil pH, of course.
7gmathis
Eye compresses--I keep a box of cheapie no-tag bags on hand specifically for that purpose. (Wonderful when you have time to chill them a little in the fridge.)
8PawsforThought
*googling calcifuge plants* Not much of use comes up. I'm terrible at taking care of plants, tbh. I only have plants that can handle "tough love" (me forgetting to water, repeatedly). Peace lilies, mother-in-law's tongue, monstera deliciosa, dwarf umbrella tree, aloe vera and spider plant are the only ones that have survived so far.
9PawsforThought
>7 gmathis: I do that too, but only with green tea (only reason I have green tea at home), because it's supposed to be better (antioxidants and whatnot).
10reading_fox
>3 PawsforThought: there a re a few places that sell a chocolate tea blend. Can be divide. Camelia World's (in london) is one of my favourites.
11PawsforThought
>10 reading_fox: The chocolate tea I've tasted (a couple different versions) were all atrocious. I'll stick to tea with chocolate on the side.
122wonderY
This is What Happens to Your Body When You Drink Tea Every Day
If you're sipping a cup of tea while reading this, you're supporting just about every organ in your body.
If you're sipping a cup of tea while reading this, you're supporting just about every organ in your body.
13WeeTurtle
A good chocolate tea I like is "Dark Chocolate Delight" by David's Tea. They have a "Hot Chocolate" pu'ehr but in my opinion it's underwhelming and may as well just have some actual hot chocolate. Getting mad at David's though. They have a knack for cancelling my staple teas. I think DCD is the last one I'd buy again. To Murchies now, and that one store across the street from them.
I've tried a couple tea chocolate bars. The white chocolate with white tea was meh, but the dark chocolate with bergamot was tasty.
Would tea work on mini roses? Mine is a little angry right now. I think I made it too hot and the soil was poorly drained. And has anyone encountered a good rose tea?
>8 PawsforThought: Have you tried lavender? I have some outside. We're a zone 7 area as far as coldness but we need things that can tolerate drought. Lavender is pretty good at that. I also have 2 Dusty Miller plants, "annuals" that have been going for 3 years now. I intentionally ignore those ones. They live in pots of soil crisp that I maybe water every couple weeks if I feel like it, unless it rained. It grows, I chop it, it grows again. The Lavender I have is a white one called "Edelweiss." The soil gets dry enough to pull away from the pot and I panic and the plant is there, "I'm good."
I've tried a couple tea chocolate bars. The white chocolate with white tea was meh, but the dark chocolate with bergamot was tasty.
Would tea work on mini roses? Mine is a little angry right now. I think I made it too hot and the soil was poorly drained. And has anyone encountered a good rose tea?
>8 PawsforThought: Have you tried lavender? I have some outside. We're a zone 7 area as far as coldness but we need things that can tolerate drought. Lavender is pretty good at that. I also have 2 Dusty Miller plants, "annuals" that have been going for 3 years now. I intentionally ignore those ones. They live in pots of soil crisp that I maybe water every couple weeks if I feel like it, unless it rained. It grows, I chop it, it grows again. The Lavender I have is a white one called "Edelweiss." The soil gets dry enough to pull away from the pot and I panic and the plant is there, "I'm good."
14PawsforThought
>13 WeeTurtle: No, lavender gives me migraines so I stay far away from anything like that. You're in zone 7? That's further north than me! But I was talking about indoor plants, not outdoors (I have no outdoor space to plant things). I like plants that mind themselves, though. My parents have quite a lot of berry bushes (goosberries, raspberries, vurrants, etc.) and you don't really have to do anything other than harvest, and occasionally cut off some old branches). If I had a garden of my own I think it'd be 95% fruit and berries bushes/trees.
15WeeTurtle
>14 PawsforThought: My sister has the same Lavender issue. Odd, since it's supposed to be good for headaches.
My mom had piles of berry bushes. They are dirty as heck though, but not too bad I imagine if you don't care about berries hitting the ground
I had a cyclamen that seemed to do well enough. A cold weather plant. It was angry in my mom's basement under the grow light, so I took it with me to help it live when I visited my sister's farm and it happened to be colder. It perked right up! It had seeds too at one point, though I haven't tried to plant any. They are tubers, so they are supposed to be "rested" once in a while like bulbs, or so I hear, but they seem to do well enough on their own. Once advise page I read asked "have you neglected your cyclamen enough?" The plant eats it's own dead stems to you don't need to dead-head much. They show up in stores around certain holidays, here.
My mom had piles of berry bushes. They are dirty as heck though, but not too bad I imagine if you don't care about berries hitting the ground
I had a cyclamen that seemed to do well enough. A cold weather plant. It was angry in my mom's basement under the grow light, so I took it with me to help it live when I visited my sister's farm and it happened to be colder. It perked right up! It had seeds too at one point, though I haven't tried to plant any. They are tubers, so they are supposed to be "rested" once in a while like bulbs, or so I hear, but they seem to do well enough on their own. Once advise page I read asked "have you neglected your cyclamen enough?" The plant eats it's own dead stems to you don't need to dead-head much. They show up in stores around certain holidays, here.
16PawsforThought
>15 WeeTurtle: Ah, cyclamens are very pretty. I've never had one. Funny when plants like it better when you mistreat them. I had a euphorbia once that I barely looked at and it grew so much it cracked the pot (and it was not a small pot).
My plants are actually thriving right now. I re-potted them all in the spring and that seems to have really done it - even though my primary windows are north-facing they're growing like weeds. I split the spider plant in three and they've grown so much you can't quite believe it's the same species.
My newly purchased Venus flytrap has died, though. No idea why - I followed the instructions exactly, but it just didn't want to live.
I've never had any issues with berries hitting the ground. It happens, of course, that a few fall down when you're picking, but there's grass underneath all of the bushes (and moss underneath the ones in the woods) so there's no dirt.
My plants are actually thriving right now. I re-potted them all in the spring and that seems to have really done it - even though my primary windows are north-facing they're growing like weeds. I split the spider plant in three and they've grown so much you can't quite believe it's the same species.
My newly purchased Venus flytrap has died, though. No idea why - I followed the instructions exactly, but it just didn't want to live.
I've never had any issues with berries hitting the ground. It happens, of course, that a few fall down when you're picking, but there's grass underneath all of the bushes (and moss underneath the ones in the woods) so there's no dirt.
18JenniferRobb
After oral surgery, if you run out of gauze, you can dampen a regular tea bag and bite down on it. I think it is the tannins in the tea that help promote clotting? I don't know if it also works the same outside the mouth.
19genesisdiem
>18 JenniferRobb: There is an old episode of MASH that mentions packing wounds with tea and why that might be a bad idea (hint: peritonitis).
So I went a-searching... *(not medical advice, obviously, bc Google isn't a dr.)*
lifehacker and a few herbalist sites say black tea can help small bleeding wounds and burns via the caffeine through external compression.
But the only thing I could find in medical journals was a mention of green tea and surgical wounds. There are links to other related articles at the end.
So I went a-searching... *(not medical advice, obviously, bc Google isn't a dr.)*
lifehacker and a few herbalist sites say black tea can help small bleeding wounds and burns via the caffeine through external compression.
But the only thing I could find in medical journals was a mention of green tea and surgical wounds. There are links to other related articles at the end.
20John5918
I think I mentioned once before somewhere that I find that cockroaches are happy to infest herbal teas, but they seem to steer clear of black tea.
21WeeTurtle
>20 John5918: They might just be avoiding actual tea, since herbals are a mix of various other things. I've heard of cockroaches hanging out in coffee grinders and microwaves and I guess anywhere food is stored. Never had to deal with the things myself.
23John5918
>22 supercell: Third World
Is that term still in use? I'm more familiar with Global South or developing world.
Is that term still in use? I'm more familiar with Global South or developing world.
25John5918
>24 supercell: backward countries
Apologies to everyone for going off topic, but I don't think it's very helpful to use pejorative terms. "Third World" is, as you say, no longer accurate as there is no longer a "Second World", and it's not clear to me why the west called itself the "First World". It also has the potential implication that somehow "Third World" countries come last in the pecking order, or are third class. "Backward countries" is even worse.
"Global South" and "Global North" are good terms in that neither suggest superiority or inferiority, while "developing countries" is a neutral description of countries which are still developing in the industrial and technological spheres.
Apologies to everyone for going off topic, but I don't think it's very helpful to use pejorative terms. "Third World" is, as you say, no longer accurate as there is no longer a "Second World", and it's not clear to me why the west called itself the "First World". It also has the potential implication that somehow "Third World" countries come last in the pecking order, or are third class. "Backward countries" is even worse.
"Global South" and "Global North" are good terms in that neither suggest superiority or inferiority, while "developing countries" is a neutral description of countries which are still developing in the industrial and technological spheres.
26gmathis
>19 genesisdiem: One of my favorite episodes of M*A*S*H ever :)
Years ago, I had an "old farmer" dentist (properly licensed and perfectly skilled, but his office was literally on his farm, dubbed "Tooth Acres") that recommended the teabag compress after extractions.
Years ago, I had an "old farmer" dentist (properly licensed and perfectly skilled, but his office was literally on his farm, dubbed "Tooth Acres") that recommended the teabag compress after extractions.
27tealadytoo
> 26 I had a wisdom tooth out a few years ago and they recommended the teabag option to me. Preferably a clean tea bag. :=) Worked a treat.
29WeeTurtle
>25 John5918: I'm new to the terms "Global North" and "Global South" but I'd be leery of them as well, if only because I've heard of complaints regarding the Eurocentrism of mapping that always puts "North" on top.
I saw my mom wiping the stove a while back (one of those totally flat ones with no elements poking up) and it was magically coming clean of the cooked on stuff I couldn't remove. She was using a spent tea bag. It was amazing! It's a routine cleaning thing now, since we've always got at least one (usually two) spent teabags sitting in the kettle corner. My mom used to wipe my face as a kid with her weak tea. Used to annoy the heck out of me but it does work, and I've found myself using plain tea the odd time to tidy up greasy fingers. Useful!
And on the chocolate front, I've found that either Stash or Twinnings has a chocolate oolang. It's basically oolang tea with cocoa powder and flavour, but it's a nice change for a bag tea.
I saw my mom wiping the stove a while back (one of those totally flat ones with no elements poking up) and it was magically coming clean of the cooked on stuff I couldn't remove. She was using a spent tea bag. It was amazing! It's a routine cleaning thing now, since we've always got at least one (usually two) spent teabags sitting in the kettle corner. My mom used to wipe my face as a kid with her weak tea. Used to annoy the heck out of me but it does work, and I've found myself using plain tea the odd time to tidy up greasy fingers. Useful!
And on the chocolate front, I've found that either Stash or Twinnings has a chocolate oolang. It's basically oolang tea with cocoa powder and flavour, but it's a nice change for a bag tea.
30John5918
>29 WeeTurtle: "Global North" and "Global South"
Yes, you're right, any attempt to label huge, diverse and non-monolithic swathes of humanity is problematic. I suppose it's just a question of finding the least objectionable version - while keeping calm and drinking tea!
Yes, you're right, any attempt to label huge, diverse and non-monolithic swathes of humanity is problematic. I suppose it's just a question of finding the least objectionable version - while keeping calm and drinking tea!
31TeaBag88
>30 John5918: Surely even humans can't argue about what is north of the equator and what is south of it?
32gmathis
>29 WeeTurtle: I've got to try the teabag trick on our flat surface stove!
33tealadytoo
>29 WeeTurtle: >32 gmathis: I just tried it on mine thanks to this thread. It worked a treat!
35bnielsen
>34 2wonderY: That's nice.
372wonderY
>36 gmathis: Yeah. Me too.
38John5918
British Challenger 2 tanks currently being sent to Ukraine contain tea-making facilities!
Ukrainian soldiers master British tanks in Dorset (Star)
Ukrainian soldiers master British tanks in Dorset (Star)
39gmathis
>38 John5918: That is a proper piece of fighter equipment!
402wonderY
Reminds me of the M*A*S*H episode where the doctors had to convince a British commander to refrain serving tea to their wounded men.
41genesisdiem
>40 2wonderY: I thought they were packing the wounds with tea soaked gauze? I'll have to rewatch it and see. :)
42perennialreader
>40 2wonderY: When my son had his wisdom teeth removed, we were told to have him bite down on wet tea bags to help control the bleeding. It worked!
432wonderY
I believe it was chest and abdominal wounds that presented problems. You know, the tea would leak all over the operating table.😉
45rabbitprincess
>40 2wonderY: >43 2wonderY: Yes, the problem was that if someone with an abdominal wound drank tea and they had a perforated bowel, they could develop peritonitis.
>41 genesisdiem: The episode is "Tea and Empathy" if you're thinking of a rewatch ;)
>41 genesisdiem: The episode is "Tea and Empathy" if you're thinking of a rewatch ;)
46gmathis
>45 rabbitprincess: With Bernard Fox, aka Malcolm Merriwether (Andy Griffith) and Dr. Bombay (Bewitched). The M*A*S*H role is my favorite of the bunch.
47rabbitprincess
>46 gmathis: And Col. Crittenden from Hogan's Heroes!
48gmathis
>47 rabbitprincess: Good! I need a change-of-vintage-series pace. You've just given me one.
50gmathis
>49 2wonderY: How funny! We have the same problem in our 100-year-old school building converted into offices--two kettles at once trip the breaker. So we have to call the next-door office and coordinate.
51John5918
I believe the same thing happens with the water supply system when everybody flushes their toilets at the same time during commercial breaks. The FA Cup Final and the Wimbledon tennis final are particularly prone to these surges, I understand. To keep on topic, it's probably drinking so much tea while watching TV that causes these toilet flushes, although admittedly beer might also be to blame!
