The builders have managed to stain all the Money Pit teaspoons and mugs black. I wouldn’t mind but we don’t even drink tea (though I do keep teabags and a tea pot for when the Mothership comes to visit- she brought me up well, don’t you think?) I had all but given up hope of ever getting the bloody things clean when Mrs CPS pointed out that all I needed to do was soak them overnight in a mix of water and bleach. Naturally you give them a bloody good clean afterwards. And hey presto, the next day they were clean and shiny. So thanks for that!
I have heard a rumour that soaking them in Coke will do the same thing, on the grounds that if it can be used to clear blood from crime scenes, a little tea stain isn’t going to be a challenge. Have yet to try it, though….
I must try that. I am the opposite in that I drink tea and not coffee and keep a small jar of coffee in the house at all times. However I have learned to always check the jar as I once offered coffee to someone and discovered the coffee conjealing at the bottom of the jar as I hadn’t been into it for quite a while. Fortunately you won’t have the same problem with tea.
Funnily enough I had exactly the same thing happen with a coffee jar too- since we got a really posh coffee machine for a wedding present, we only keep instant for emergencies and builders. Went to offer the washing machine man a coffee to find it a little mouldy! Had to spend an age making a posh one whichhe then didn’t drink because he had other jobs to go to!!
Oh dear. I feel your pain