When you examine your coffee or tea cup, you will notice many brown stains, which are not always easy to remove completely. Are you tired of scrubbing again and again? Good news, an everyday product can make your job easier.
With their often white interior, coffee cups stain very quickly and it can be difficult to restore their initial shine. With use, your favourite cup turns brown under the effect of successive coffees due to the presence of tannins, plant compounds well known to wine lovers but less so among coffees or teas. However, the effects are similar with a gradual colouring of your favourite cup that will lose its immaculate whiteness over time. But rest assured, nothing is lost!
You can leave them looking like new and use them without shame on your guests thanks to several tips shared on the web. First of all, forget about bleach, often touted for its whitening powers. The product is harmful, will require careful rinsing and does not provide guaranteed results.
Quite the opposite of a little miracle product shared by many Internet users across the English Channel, where tea and its associated service are a national heritage. In order for “Tea Time” to take place according to the rules of the art, the English experts do not hesitate to divert the use of an everyday product: the dishwasher tablet.
You don’t even need to scrub your mug with this simple method that only takes a few minutes!
“A dishwasher tablet dissolved in water. Leave it for a few minutes and the stains will disappear. I also clean my teapot this way,” comments one user on the cleaning advice page launched by an Englishwoman with the nickname Mrs Hinch. Others add some tips, such as Internet user Grace Allen who advises simply “soaking (the mug with the dishwasher tablet) in boiling water. This produces an amazing result after two minutes and you don’t need to scrub the stains.”
Some people use pieces of tablets that may have been broken into pieces in their original packaging so that they can be recycled and used anyway. All that’s left to do is rinse your cup to ensure a flawless result. It had to be thought of…
