tea leaves?

Frogleg said:

Fancied a cuppa the other day and used my little brown teapot and loose leaves. Would like to have
more tea more often, but the used leaf problem daunts me. I'm not going to put them down the drain;
no disposal; they're too wet (1/4 pot of cold tea left) to put in my kitchen trash. How *do* people
clean out the teapot and dispost of the leaves?

First off, I use a tea ball most of the time & just empty it into the garbage. I also have a little
brown teapot, but it has a strainer built into the spout. That, too helps, but if you have neither,
you must have some sort of small mesh strainer around. Just pour the tea out through the mesh & dump
the leaves that collect.

The strainer that is my favorite is only about 3 inches across. It is plastic with wire mesh and had
a extension piece on the side opposite the handle so it can be supported in a glass, cup or small
bowl. I use it for all sorts of things...skimming soup, rescuing coffee filter disasters, soaking a
small amount of dried mushrooms or raisins, etc.

Boron

Frogleg said:

Fancied a cuppa the other day and used my little brown teapot and loose leaves. Would like to have
more tea more often, but the used leaf problem daunts me. I'm not going to put them down the
drain; no disposal; they're too wet (1/4 pot of cold tea left) to put in my kitchen trash. How
*do* people clean out the teapot and dispost of the leaves?

pour through a strainer and let sit in the sink to dry out then toss. Or compost them. Or toss into
a piece of newspaper and crumple up and toss.. or collect a few yogurt containers with lids to use
for such problems.. or the incessant small bags from shops that can contain it. Goomba

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Frogleg

Would like to have more tea more often, but the used leaf problem. I'm not going to put them down
the drain; no disposal; they're too wet (1/4 pot of cold tea left) to put in my kitchen trash. How
*do* people clean out the teapot and dispost of the leaves?

Obviously you don't garden.

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If you garden, start a compost heap in your yard, or get a compost container. Keep a plastic bowl
handy in the kitchen for vegetable trimmings and tea leaves and coffee grounds, and dump the bowl on
to the compost heap nightly. Or, get a worm box and let them turn the vegetable waste (including tea
leaves) into wonderful organic fertilizer. Use the compost in your herb/vegetable garden and the
whole thing comes full circle.

Or, line your garbage pail with a plastic grocery bag and dump the wet tea leaves right in.

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Quoted message said:

Fancied a cuppa the other day and used my little brown teapot and loose leaves. Would like to have
more tea more often, but the used leaf problem daunts me. I'm not going to put them down the
drain; no disposal; they're too wet (1/4 pot of cold tea left) to put in my kitchen trash. How
*do* people clean out the teapot and dispost of the leaves?

Boron Elgar said:

The strainer that is my favorite is only about 3 inches across. It is plastic with wire mesh and
had a extension piece on the side opposite the handle so it can be supported in a glass, cup or
small bowl. I use it for all sorts of things...skimming soup, rescuing coffee filter disasters,
soaking a small amount of dried mushrooms or raisins, etc.

Boron

Also handy to just hold over an open spout on a jar of olives or pickles to drain the jar. Handy to
have around. Goomba

Boron Elgar said:

The strainer that is my favorite is only about 3 inches across. It is plastic with wire mesh and
had a extension piece on the side opposite the handle so it can be supported in a glass, cup or
small bowl. I use it for all sorts of things...skimming soup, rescuing coffee filter disasters,
soaking a small amount of dried mushrooms or raisins, etc.

Boron

Also handy to just hold over an open spout on a jar of olives or pickles to drain the jar. Handy to
have around. Goomba

Boron Elgar said:

The strainer that is my favorite is only about 3 inches across. It is plastic with wire mesh and
had a extension piece on the side opposite the handle so it can be supported in a glass, cup or
small bowl. I use it for all sorts of things...skimming soup, rescuing coffee filter disasters,
soaking a small amount of dried mushrooms or raisins, etc.

Boron

Also handy to just hold over an open spout on a jar of olives or pickles to drain the jar. Handy to
have around. Goomba

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Quoted message said:

Fancied a cuppa the other day and used my little brown teapot and loose leaves. Would like to have
more tea more often, but the used leaf problem daunts me. I'm not going to put them down the
drain; no disposal; they're too wet (1/4 pot of cold tea left) to put in my kitchen trash. How
*do* people clean out the teapot and dispost of the leaves?

Just dump it in the sink - the drain strainer catches the leaves and the liquid goes down the drain,
then dump the strainer in the trash.

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Peter Aitken

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Quoted message said:

Fancied a cuppa the other day and used my little brown teapot and loose leaves. Would like to have
more tea more often, but the used leaf problem daunts me. I'm not going to put them down the
drain; no disposal; they're too wet (1/4 pot of cold tea left) to put in my kitchen trash. How
*do* people clean out the teapot and dispost of the leaves?

I place tea leaves and coffee grounds around acid loving plants such as the pine family &
rhododendrons.

I use a little jersy sock kind of thingy with a round wire around the top. Put the leaves in this
and it hangs in the pot. I dump the wet leaves in the garbage or composte depending on the time of
year and I never through out tea, I nuke whatever's left by the cupful.

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Fancied a cuppa the other day and used my little brown teapot and loose leaves. Would like to have
more tea more often, but the used leaf problem daunts me. I'm not going to put them down the
drain; no disposal; they're too wet (1/4 pot of cold tea left) to put in my kitchen trash. How
*do* people clean out the teapot and dispost of the leaves?

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"Peter Aitken" goofed:

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How *do* people clean out the teapot and dispose of the leaves?

Just dump it in the sink - the drain strainer catches the leaves and the liquid goes down the
drain, then dump the strainer in the trash.

Geeze, you dump the strainer in the trash... ?

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"Peter Aitken" goofed:

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How *do* people clean out the teapot and dispose of the leaves?

Just dump it in the sink - the drain strainer catches the leaves and the liquid goes down the
drain, then dump the strainer in the trash.

Geeze, you dump the strainer in the trash... ?

LOL!

Frogleg said:

Fancied a cuppa the other day and used my little brown teapot and loose leaves. Would like to have
more tea more often, but the used leaf problem daunts me. I'm not going to put them down the
drain; no disposal; they're too wet (1/4 pot of cold tea left) to put in my kitchen trash. How
*do* people clean out the teapot and dispost of the leaves?

They go into the compost bin. Otherwise let them dry in a strainer and toss them in the trash, if
you do compost.

Frogleg said:

Fancied a cuppa the other day and used my little brown teapot and loose leaves. Would like to have
more tea more often, but the used leaf problem daunts me. I'm not going to put them down the
drain; no disposal; they're too wet (1/4 pot of cold tea left) to put in my kitchen trash. How
*do* people clean out the teapot and dispost of the leaves?

They go into the compost bin. Otherwise let them dry in a strainer and toss them in the trash, if
you don't compost.

Frogleg said:

Fancied a cuppa the other day and used my little brown teapot and loose leaves. Would like to have
more tea more often, but the used leaf problem daunts me. I'm not going to put them down the drain;
no disposal; they're too wet (1/4 pot of cold tea left) to put in my kitchen trash. How *do* people
clean out the teapot and dispost of the leaves?

Compost heap.

B.Server said:

Frogleg said:

Fancied a cuppa the other day and used my little brown teapot and loose leaves. Would like to have
more tea more often, but the used leaf problem daunts me. I'm not going to put them down the
drain; no disposal; they're too wet (1/4 pot of cold tea left) to put in my kitchen trash. How
*do* people clean out the teapot and dispost of the leaves?

Compost heap.

Too cold to go out there. Perhaps a tea-ball is the answer. Thanks for all the suggestions.

Frogleg said:

Too cold to go out there. Perhaps a tea-ball is the answer. Thanks for all the suggestions.

How is putting loose tea in a tea ball going to solve your problem of what to do with wet tea
leaves? You have to dispose of them eventually outside of the tea ball just as any other leaves. I
confused here. Goomba

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Boron Elgar said:

The strainer that is my favorite is only about 3 inches across. It is plastic with wire mesh and
had a extension piece on the side opposite the handle so it can be supported in a glass, cup or
small bowl. I use it for all sorts of things...skimming soup, rescuing coffee filter disasters,
soaking a small amount of dried mushrooms or raisins, etc.

Boron

Also handy to just hold over an open spout on a jar of olives or pickles to drain the jar. Handy
to have around. Goomba

Isn't the jar's lid adequate for this purpose?

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Frogleg said:

Too cold to go out there. Perhaps a tea-ball is the answer. Thanks for all the suggestions.

How is putting loose tea in a tea ball going to solve your problem of what to do with wet tea
leaves? You have to dispose of them eventually outside of the tea ball just as any other leaves. I
confused here.

Ah. The problem with leaves in the teapot is that they're very wet and hard to scoop out completely.
I have delicate drains(!) and even with a sink-strainer, some things escape. I figure maybe a tea-
ball will drain pretty thoroughly, allowing me to wash the pot without fear and dump the drier
leaves into the garbage without soaking other stuff.

With fragile drains and no disposal, I'm always dithering about how to throw things away. I *do*
(usually) have a compost pot for veg peelings, but very wet stuff gets nasty quickly. I also save
yogurt, etc. cartons (not recyclable in my town) for disposing of *special* stuff, but if every pot
of tea required a carton, I'd be up the creek.

Can you say "obsessive-compulsive"? :-)