\u00a9 2021 wikiHow, Inc. All rights reserved. Include your email address to get a message when this question is answered. Finally, tea can be used as a fantastic and super-cheap fertilizer, especially for roses! Place the old tea bag in a container with cold water and store it in the fridge. Tea bags can be used for 1-2 years past their best by or expiration date provided they were stored properly. Baking Kneads, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. So if you think you are unable to use the tea leaves to their maximum potential in a single day, try this: throw them in some cold water and put the water in the fridge overnight, decant in the morning and you should have a pleasant iced tea. Allow the tea to cool, then … Moisture keeps your tea bags from being preserved correctly, which affects the flavor of the tea when you steep it. All you have to do is remove all metal staples and any plastic before burying the old tea bags in your garden or adding them to your compost. Ceramic and tin containers are also good options. And for the opened jasmine tea, you’d better store them in a reseal bag or a tea tin, and then put it in the refrigerator. Simply put a few used tea bags in a cup or small bowl, and stash it toward the back of the refrigerator on a shelf. "It taught me about trying to avoid clear glass containers. 12 – This one is good but I’ve not tested this out myself. Wooden tea boxes are a great way to store your tea without taking up a lot of space. Please consider supporting our work with a contribution to wikiHow. {"smallUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/e\/e3\/Store-Tea-Bags-Step-1.jpg\/v4-460px-Store-Tea-Bags-Step-1.jpg","bigUrl":"\/images\/thumb\/e\/e3\/Store-Tea-Bags-Step-1.jpg\/aid11493727-v4-728px-Store-Tea-Bags-Step-1.jpg","smallWidth":460,"smallHeight":259,"bigWidth":728,"bigHeight":410,"licensing":"