Can You Use Tea Bags as Air Fresheners? (Solved!)

Have you ever bought tea you thought you would like but you didn’t? Did you like the smell but not the flavor?

Have you ever had tea in your cabinet that had expired and you weren’t sure you wanted to drink it? Did you wonder if you could use it for something else?

Tea Bags have many uses beyond just making tea. Dry, unused tea bags can be used as air fresheners and as a deodorizer. 

In the following sections we will explore how and why tea bags can be used for more things besides tea.

How to Use Tea Bags as Air Fresheners

You can use tea bags from the store or use loose leaf tea to make an air freshener. You can also use them to make a deodorizer or homemade potpourri. 

You will want to start with one tea bag and see how well it works. Add to it as needed. For instance if you have a big room you may want to hang four tea bags in the middle or one tea bag in each corner. 

It is important to use the same tea throughout a room, car, cabinet, drawer, or closet. Only use different teas if the scent is complimentary. Such as green tea and mint or lavender and black tea.

Another thing to consider, you will need to replace the tea bags every couple of days. If you are using them in the bathroom, they can get moldy quickly. Change them out often or remove them whenever you take a shower and replace them once the room is dry again.

Why Use Tea Bags as Air Fresheners

There are a number of reasons to use tea bags as air fresheners. 

1. Tea bags do not use any kind of electricity
2. Tea bags do not use chemicals 
3. Tea bags are often compostable and/or biodegradable
4. Tea bag scent is milder and less stringent than some of the sprays
5. Tea bags are relatively inexpensive

All of these reasons apply to loose leaf tea as much as, and sometimes even more than, they do to tea bags.

It is important to consider the ingredients in a tea bag when deciding how, when, and where to use them. 

Avoid Tea:

• That has a lot of sweet ingredients (such as sugar, chocolate, or fruit)
• That is expensive
• That you do not like the smell

You want to avoid sugar and sweet smells to avoid bug and ant infestations. 

Using expensive tea will make tea bag air fresheners more expensive than the mechanical and spray versions.

Using any tea that has a smell you don’t enjoy will make your room or space smell unpleasant. You can use these tea bags after they have expired. In places such as your fridge where they will absorb smells more than release smells. Use very few though so that there is no chance of releasing the scent you dislike.

Where to Use Tea Bag Air Fresheners

Here are a few of the most common places to use tea bags.

• You can use them in your drawers
• You can use them in the fridge
• You can use them in the car
• You can use them in any room of the house
• You can use them in your cabinets

Tea bags can be used as potpourri in drawers and cabinets to make clothing and fabrics smell good. 

Tea bags can be used as a deodorizer in the fridge, in your shoes or slippers, or in your gym bag. Just make sure not to leave the tea bag in the gym bag too long or it might mold from a wet swimming towel or sweaty, damp clothing.

When using a tea bag as a deodorizer, it is best to use an old tea that has little or not scent left to it. This prevents the tea from transfer a scent and acting as potpourri instead of a simple deodorizer. 

If you don’t mind the scent you can of course use the tea for both a deodorizer and potpourri. It will then take away a bad scent and replace it with one that is fresher and more desirable. You can use fresher tea or tea with a stronger scent in this case.

Tea bags can be used as air fresheners in rooms and cars. The larger the room the more tea you will need. The scent will be much milder than that of a spray or mechanical air freshener. This is great if you have a sensitive nose.

What Else Can You Do With Tea Bags?

About this time you might be thinking: What else can I do with old tea bags? Here are some popular suggestions.

• You can deodorize your carpet with loose leaf tea
• You can use damp green tea bags over your eyes, like cucumbers in a facial
• You can put tea bags or loose leaf tea into a large cold brew style bag and make an infused bath
• You can use tea bags or loose leaf tea to infuse alcohol, vinegar, or oils
• You can use damp tea bags to relieve the redness and itchiness of bug bites
• You can use tea, such as mint or lemon verbena, to steep a spray that can be used against bugs
• You can use tea bags to start sprouts from seeds
• You can use damp, used tea bags as compost

Picking a Tea For Your Air Freshener, Potpourri, or Deodorizer

The key to picking a tea to use for an air freshener or potpourri is to pick one you like. You can use herbal teas, green teas, black teas, white teas, and more. It is better to choose a flowery or herbal scent and not a fruity scent. 

Remember, you don’t want to attract bugs. Plain green, black, oolong, and white teas offer a fresh not floral scent. They are great for air fresheners, potpourri, and deodorizers.

Lavender, mint, lemon verbena, chamomile, rose, and more can be used if you want a specific scent.

Conclusion

As you can see you can use tea bags for air fresheners and also for so much more. Go forth and enjoy using tea bags in whatever methods and manners are most pleasing to you.