How to Clean Tea Stains | A Simple Guide to Cleaning Your Teaware
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The simplest and most natural way to clean tea stains off any glazed teaware. No scrubbing and no scratching your precious tea cups and tea pots, Celine shows you how we clean tea stains at Mei Leaf.
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I love Celine, wish she could do more videos.
where can I buy citric acid? I live in the USA. ✌💕 from Somewhere
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Wish the dude would shut up too
Tried this myself today with a cup that hasn't come clean in a long time. It looks brand new! I can't believe I ever struggled with soap and water, thanks so much for this tip!
Ughh, the ending with Celine trying to remember what to say, and Don helping was SOOO CUUUUTE. It put a smile on my face. I've only recently started watching this channel, and I've already seen way too many videos. Love both of you, and btw the like ratio is currently at 100%. That's amazing!
Currently in the same boat, and I feel exACTLY the same way!!! 😭😭😭 Highly respect them both, but the ending was cute AF
Thank you Celine 😊 fantastic I'm doing this when mine get stained! Btw love you guys. 💖
We call the bicarbonate of soda "baking soda" in USA and I use white distilled vinegar but I bet citric acid is betta. Great video Celine, it was fun seeing you lead it for a change. You both are keeping things fresh!
Totally agree with that comment.
For glass teaware I just use lemon juice (like, from actual lemons). put a little in, fill to the brim with water, put the lid on, let it sit for 20-30 minutes and rinse out with water/sponge/spout brush. never let me down so far.
For anyone having trouble with their clay teapots. I once had a strange stain in a clay teapot. At first I thought it was patina, but it made my tea taste really bad and it was only on the lower half of the pot, so maybe it was some weird fungus growing because of my lazy cleaning. So what I did was simply put bicarb soda in the pot, topped it off with boiling water (it also starts bubbling with hotter water) and then just left it for about 30 min. After that everything was as good as new, no weird smell in the pot and the tea tasted perfectly again. Wiped it out with a clean cloth and that's it.
I hope this helps someone :)
Edit: Also I had a stain on a milky glass tea cup which would not go away. Toothpaste did the job!
That was an awesome video! It was cool to see Celine take over.
I'm also pretty lazy with cleaning my tea ware so thanks for the tips guys. Keep up the neat videos :)
Thank you so much! used this method on a tea set the wife's family gave me. Worked like a charm!
2 of my favorite cleaning products. :) I keep baking soda in a squeeze bottle on my kitchen sink for scouring pots and pans or anything else with tough stains. I also use citric acid to descale my electric tea kettle. :) Very useful video!
You are both such intelligent and likable persons! Keep up the great work.
According to my youtube watch history, I have enjoyed 14 hours of your wonderful tea-based video content over the past four days since I first discovered this channel. This is for me an unprecedented amount of binge watching. And I've only ever had tea that came in bags (Austria is more of a coffee-based country). I'm pretty sure the next time I have a few days off I'll be heading off to the London Borough of Camden.
Fantastic Celine! Very useful information especially for the gong fu guru so you don't ruin it! That's why I bought two of them, one that looks really nice one that's tea stained which now I know how to get rid of the strains!
Great video with very useful cleaning tips! Really enjoyed the chemistry (hahaha) between Don and Celine throughout the video. Most importantly, glad to know that both of you are safe amidst the london troubles! Awesome job Celine!!
Celine is so cute (: Thanks for the video, guys. I had been curious about the best way to clean my tea ware for a while.
Good info. Thanks. I just placed an order of citric acid. Love all natural cleaners.
Super helpful - thanks! I occasionally use denture cleaning tablets to remove stubborn stains. I will definitely try this. More Celine videos!
PSA for those in the States: Baking Soda = Bicarbonate of Soda
=)
What about the Citric Acid? Never seen it at the store in the usa or canada. What is the alternative?
But that's none of my business. I found some at a local restaurant supply store - but you can also find pretty large bags on amazon quite cheap. It lasts a long time. 🖖
@@mattdill1219 - Thank you for replying. Is there another name for Citric Acid?
@@butthatsnoneofmybusiness Citric acid can be found in any store that sells canning jars, equipment, etc... Ball brand makes one specifically. I buy it in large jars from Walmart to clean my electric tea kettle as well as my teaware. It's very easy to find. Here is a link for it on amazon: www.amazon.com/Ball-Jar-Citric-Acid-7-5-Ounce/dp/B007CRHD4U
It's less expensive from Walmart or your local hardware store.
@@butthatsnoneofmybusiness Perhaps you can try some lemons or limes.
I use baking soda lemon juice, and my own idea…Dried shaved off pieces of the young coconut husk, a good reusable and varied sizes it’s soft/spongy yet abrasive enough. Gets stains off well!
Just tried this and it worked beautifully on my thrifted tea cup! Thanks!
A little late to the viewing-party on this, but it popped off in my recommended and it was great; thanks, Celine 🙌🏼 It’s reassuring to know if you don’t rinse things properly or haven’t the time to spend doing it and forget when you go to use them again, that this can’t hurt you in any way; taste irrelevant, it’s the synthesised chemicals that make not rinsing properly scary with most commercial cleaners, so it was good to hear you tell us how these things are natural and therefore, not a substantial risk as with some of their counterparts 👍🏼👌🏼😁 Cheers, beaut 😘 PS. Your accent is ASMRish-type relaxing; anxiety-relief all by itself and the way you say, “sponge”, is completely fricken awesome 👌🏼😁
Regarding clay pots, would you clean those at all? If so, how would they be cleaned? I have so far only used glass or porcelain ware. Thank you for making this useful video. I love the content on this channel!
You two are too cute - the intro & outro made me smile. Thanks for the great cleaning tip! I found your channel when I googled "caffeine in tea" and now I'm hooked and want to be a tea head. :)
Absolutely lovely :) And useful at the same time! Could you do a same kind of video on clay teaware (do they need such a cleaning at all?)
Hey guys! Great video! I usually use hot water with a little vinegar and I let it sit for 10-15 minutes. It works pretty well but you'll need to give it a Avril with a sponge.
What does Avril mean with a sponge
This might be my favorite video so far well done Celine!
Well done, Celine! 🤙🏽
WOW!! Better than the dishwasher!! Thanks for the video!
Nice one Celine, I would love more videos from you!!! Did a great job and even the Mei Leaf intro and outro! I can only click the thumbs up button once, but you get a 100 thumbs up from me!!!
Celine did such a great job on the intro and outro!
Great Job Celine !!! Thanks for the tips.
Nice video and thanks for the tips! But I do have one comment: I am not too sure that I like the fact that you call other products that could be used for 'chemicals', since both bicarbonate of soda and citric acid are very much also chemicals (just like anything else here in this world). Though I guess that it is just the chemist in me that is complaining about that.
Again, nice video and keep up delivering the nice content!
Skovsen Skov Agreed. Hemlock, castor beans and foxglove all produce natural compounds that can kill humans. Ascorbic acid, niacin and chelated magnesium are synthetics that are so healthy that they're in literally every multivitamin supplement.
Skovsen Skov I think her point was the less chemicals the better which is pretty cool that you make a good point and hey.. were all Tea heads:)
Caffeine in tea and all the other substances in it are ALSO chemicals! But he just meant unnatural or unwanted chemicals.
I get her point, and I would totally agree. If there is a facile way to remove the stains, then why not use that instead? I would just like it if the term 'chemicals' wasn't used this way. Because it makes a lot of people, whom are not interested in chemistry , afraid of something they really shouldn't necessarily be afraid of. :)
Skovsen Skov 'chemicals'
Their use of the word "chemicals" as a pejorative is not surprising, and not just because it is such a common misconception that chemicals are unnatural : Don is phobic about plastics, even to the point of a tea kettle having a plastic tab used to designate the maximum water level and so be likely to touch the water, being a negative point in a review of the kettle.
The way Don looks at Celine 💕
So useful! Thanks
woah! Celine you are so darn cute! Look at Don being helpful aw! thank you for this information, i might just start cleaning everything in my apartment that is made of glass or porcelain now, ha!
Thanks so much for this video, it helped me a lot. Works even better than the vinegar I had been using before. My tea experiences have grown immensely since I started watching your videos. Cheers from Canada :)
For my water kettle I just add a dash of lemon juice to a bit of water and let it boil. I live where the mineral content of our faucet water is high. So you can see a build up of a white powder on the bottom of the kettle over time. It's also good to then pour in our drains! :)
Yesss!!! Céline!!! Perfect video. Loved it! Great to see you in the driving seat 😜 Thanks for the super knowledge and tips! X
I subscribed when you told me it was part of the finish. Well done. Cheers!
...You guys are great...best tea education ...since citric acid is lemon juice I just put a squeeze in my glass gong dao bei and some b soda with a damp dish sponge mop and that did the trick...I usually use a used half squeezed lemon turned inside out with b soda to scrub my stainless sink...my GDB sparkles !
...citric acid is a chemical (lemon juice)...baking soda is a chemical as is water...ALL get washed away with the water...no sense getting nervous over the term "chemical"...chill )
Love watching you guys. Always great information which as a new tea head (compliments of my son) much needed.
Hi tea heads..would you be willing to do a video about getting differeny water temperatures with only a nornal kettle. And also the amount of leaf to use without scales?
Cheers :)
Thanks! This will be great for the metal tray on the guru. I hope I haven't ruined mine already with the abrasive sponge.
I have enjoyed many of these videos. Thanks much guys. I am learning that I have been brewing tea wrong for years but I am so happy I found these videos. A lot of people have asked where can we find the tea boat that is used in many of these and that question never seems to get answered. Does anyone know the answer? I'm not asking about the Gung Fu tray. The Tea Boat is different. I have searched and can't find one.
I’ve gotten several family and friends into tea. For those who aren’t, they tend to love coffee. I just spent $18 on 5lb of citric acid and 5lb of baking soda. I’m going to mix them, jar them up, and have Christmas gifts for everyone!
Well done, Celine! I am heading out to get cleaning supplies.
Good job Celine!!! That was awesome!
That is so impressive! Thank you, I'll try it on my teaware.
Haha that fake out at the beginning had me thinking Don had a sore throat or something 😅
No criticism here except that it can be even easier. Sprinkle some baking soda right into your teaware, give it a dash of vinegar (more convenient than going out and trying to find citric acid, but it you want you can squeeze in some lemon juice) and wipe it out with a dish cloth (and rinse obviously).
So now, how do we clean un-glazed (if that's even possible...)? Also, any news on getting those water holding tea dishes for the mei leaf store? I really really want one :)
I use this mixture for a white laundry. It's good to know that I can also clean my teaware with it. Thanks!
How much of to you use? More details please.
Wow great Celine! So I've been using only bicarbonate and now I'm amazed about the action of citric acid! Don repeated few times "soap and water"...is soap OK with porcelain?? And what about dishwasher for glass ware?
Thank you for the video!
Bi Carb and Eucalyptus Oil are the best cleaners in the world!!!! 😊💗 Xx
You guys are so lovely! Thank you!
Great video. Viva la Legión!
Or wet the inside of the cup. Sprinkle table salt into it. Rub the salt around the cup interior for 15 seconds. Rinse with water.
Presto clean cup in 15 seconds.
Well done Celine 👍
Another amazing video! We love you both!
Nice video, very helpful. imediatly tried cleaning my teapot this way, it was very quick and easy. Oh yes, a bit off topic but have you done a video, or mentioned something about chanoyu in one of your videos? I was wondering how different chanoyu and gongfu brewing are, and just wanted to know a bit more about chanoyu in general. keep up your videos, love every single one of them!
yes! thank you! i have a lot of tea stained yunomi
Nice one Celine!!
Here in the U.S., we call bicarbonate of soda baking soda. I find that a little baking soda in a little warm water is almost always all I need to clean tea ware when done a a regular basis. I just add water, a spoon or so of baking soda and a wipe with a rag. A quick rinse and I'm done.
Is this method of cleaning tea stains safe to use on glazed clay teaware?
Thanks for you vídeos , funny and educational, I love ❤️ it.
Thanks for sharing this.
what about stainless steel infuser?
Very informative----Thanks!
And just use a sponge w/ no scratchy side! :)
I always brew my tea in ceramic pots, but serve it in my silver tea set. Can this treatment be used on metal tea ware? BTW, love your videos!
I'm wondering about the quality of teaware and how that affects how much it stains and then how easy or impossible it is to clean those stains. Would appreciate a word or two about that!
Awesome! Thanks for sharing!
One more thing, I know you've done a video on boiled water in the past, but could you find out more regarding boiling for sterilization, charcoal filtering, and using the Grander board for re-energizing the water? Am I missing out on the true taste of tea, or improving it? Will you try and do a tasting video? Please?
you kids are the best!
Been waiting for a vid like this, super helpful thanks 🙏
Hehe, that was an awesome job made by Selene!
I found you can use a dab of baking soda toothpaste on a stain. It quickly and easily rubs off with your finger.
Can substitute citric acid with fresh lemon or dish detergent or white vinegar?
Well it's getting worse as I explore your channel. Never thought I would ever leave such a mushy comment on YT but here we are: YOU BOTH are SO cute! :P
There are some interesting Chinese tea sellers here in Paris but your passion is so infectious and stimulating that Mei Leaf Teahouse will be a necessary step next time I'm in London.
I'm not too sure about the stainless steel tray of the guru set. I've been using this method or something similar (baking soda + vinegar, baking soda + lemon, or just baking soda + hot water if it's for metal wares) to clean stainless steel teaspoons and strainers. It worked in the beginning, but over time, the wares became permanently blackened. My guess is that the reaction washed away whatever was used to make the stainless layer and the wares were oxidised.
Wow thanks!
For ceramic, glass, even clay tea pot, I use melamine sponge, but do not use it on plastic.
Great start. Yééééééééééééééé
I would like to ask can I wash the gaiwan which is glazed on the outside and clay on the outside.help me please thanks
I guess the best feature of this cleaning method is that it's completely food safe. In fact, water+bicarb+citric acid is exactly the recipe for seltzer water!
What it won't do is cut grease, e.g. finger prints and smudged that come from touching the teaware. you need soap for that.
I usually clean my glass and glazed ceramic ware in soapy water only. When I need to destain them, I soak them in water wit a little bit of bleach. Work wonders and turn them bright white. Then I rinse thoroughly.
Porous teaware is a different story. I wonder if there's any acceptable cleaning method for it apart from just water?
Super man,,Super women,,Super clean,,thanks guys,,,😘👏👏👏👍👍👍
Hi, can I use this solution to clean a bone china teacup? The teacup has floral prints inside & golden rim, will it fade the prints or dissolve the rim?
so satisfying to watch :)
First congratulations to Celine for passing introduction and outro with flying colors :))
So you say we can use that cleaning formula with bamboo wood and metal too? ...as I think that's what Gong Fu Guru is made from?
Really nice video, definitely will try this method with porcelain and glass teaware. Only issue it was toooo short ;)
Great video, quite useful tips. I would also like to know how to clean tea stains from clothing... By the way, I loved Céline's Spanish Legion shirt.
tea's tannins are a natural mordant so it'll be very hard to get it out of fabric as it's permanently dyed if left too long. but you could just dye the whole thing in tea to cover it up
Celine doing the intro and outro is so lovely! A little less structured and organized than Don, but she makes up for it with a lot of soul. You should experiment with this format more, since introducing women to higher ranked positions is a trend in the business world of today. Maybe the algorythm will like it? I don't know, but might also be good for a change of pace, see whether people like it.
Celine is so funny, I love her! You are amazing guys. Regards from Chile!! :D
Any tips on how to clean tea tins? I have some very nice ones but I don’t want the old smell to get into the (different) new tea.
Can you use this for cups that have gold rim?
can this method be used on metal as well?
A teaspoon of these ingredients in a cup of drinking water, will get rid of acidity/heartburn after an oily meal in a jiffy.
Would this work ok on bamboo trays as well? I have sone stains that I cant get out with soap/water. I do use butcher's block oil on it after.
Would this recipe remove stains from a 304 stainless steel thermos?
It should
Can this method also be used with the Gong fu Guru metal part? I've used it for a while now and it is pretty stained. I've tried different things but the stains are very resistent and it doesn't look that good at the moment...
Cheers
What about clay?
this video is wonderful I will try citric acid and baking soda never thought about that what do you using iodine salt? For cleaning thanks
I never, never clean my tea pots in clay. I just wash them with hot water.
Ah citric acid! That's what I was missing! Thanks Celine and Don