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    From notbob@notbob@nothome.com to rec.food.drink.tea on Thu Jun 18 16:07:17 2015
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    I LOVE Earl Grey teas. BUT!.....

    How does one remove the stain they leave? I have it in all my tea
    cups, some which are collectible Otagiri's. I know that elbo grease,
    a dobi pad, and some dish detergent will do the job, but some of my
    Otagiri's have gold around the top edge and I don't like using
    abrasives on that thin layer of gold. Any suggestions?

    TIA
    nb
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  • From Jon@jon@no-email.org to rec.food.drink.tea on Thu Jun 18 22:01:02 2015
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    On 18/06/2015 05:07 pm, notbob wrote:
    I LOVE Earl Grey teas. BUT!.....

    How does one remove the stain they leave? I have it in all my tea
    cups, some which are collectible Otagiri's. I know that elbo grease,
    a dobi pad, and some dish detergent will do the job, but some of my
    Otagiri's have gold around the top edge and I don't like using
    abrasives on that thin layer of gold. Any suggestions?

    TIA
    nb


    Bicarbonate of Soda
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  • From Lawrence@sample@example.invalid to rec.food.drink.tea on Sat Jun 20 06:56:03 2015
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    On 18 Jun 2015 16:07:17 GMT, notbob <notbob@nothome.com> wrote:

    I LOVE Earl Grey teas. BUT!.....

    How does one remove the stain they leave?

    Bleach.

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  • From notbob@notbob@nothome.com to rec.food.drink.tea on Sat Jun 20 13:31:43 2015
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    On 2015-06-20, Lawrence <sample@example.invalid> wrote:

    On 18 Jun 2015 16:07:17 GMT, notbob <notbob@nothome.com> wrote:

    I LOVE Earl Grey teas. BUT!.....

    How does one remove the stain they leave?

    Bleach.

    OK. I've tried bleach, oxi, bicarb, etc. All they do is bleach the
    stain white. Bicarb doesn't even do that. Problem is, the material
    leaves a glaze of stain which is still there, it's jes bleached
    white, so looks gone.

    I've found not bleaching the stain and actually removing the thin
    patina of stain with mild abrasives to be a better solution. I use a
    dobie pad. I think my best defense is to not drink blk teas or even
    use my more valuble cups. ;)

    Thanks fer the help.
    nb
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