Many people rarely think about how a regular teapot can affect a person’s health, as well as the taste and benefits of tea.
It turns out that not everything is as harmless as it may seem at first glance. The myth that the plaque in the teapot improves the taste of tea and supposedly does not need to be washed off has been destroyed.
There is especially a lot of this kind of plaque in the spout of the kettle. It accumulates there for years, because it is not so easy to get there.
Getting rid of tea stains
The easily accessible areas can be cleaned with baking soda. But the spout will require some work.
First, you need to prepare a mixture of hydrogen peroxide, soda, and table vinegar. The components are combined in approximately equal proportions.
Then you need to make a brush from improvised means, for example, from wire and cotton wool. The main thing is that the material that will be used for cleaning is well secured.
Next, half of the prepared solution is slowly poured into the spout of the teapot. Then, using a brush, you can begin cleaning the cavity.
There are special kitchen brushes of different sizes and diameters that help out in such situations.
After cleaning, the liquid from the kettle should be poured out, then the second part of the solution should be poured in and the brush should be used again. Then it remains to rinse the kettle with running water.
The Harm of Tea Limescale
Fungi and bacteria rapidly multiply in such a film. They accumulate and then end up in the drink you drink, pathophysiologist Elena Paretskaya told Doctor Peter .
We are talking about food poisoning and gastrointestinal tract infections. These include staphylococcal infections and salmonellosis.
In addition, tannins and oxalate salts are formed in a drink prepared in such a teapot. And they can harm the stomach and kidney function, the expert warned.
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