Any tips on stopping black tea from staining cups? I can hand-wash them, but the dishwasher is hopeless.?

Add a couple of drops of lemon directly into the cups before washing / dishwashing.


This does work!Any tips on stopping black tea from staining cups? I can hand-wash them, but the dishwasher is hopeless.?
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salt or bleachAny tips on stopping black tea from staining cups? I can hand-wash them, but the dishwasher is hopeless.?
BiCarbonate of Soda.
put enough water in cups to cover where the stain reaches and then drop a denture (or 1/2 a denture) tablet into the water and it will clean the tea stains from the porcelain cup same as it cleans the stains from porcelain dentures - can also put sink full of water with all of your teacups and a few denture tablets - cleans all your cups and your sink at same time





Bleach will only help to wear off the rest of the ';enamel'; coating that helps them to not stain as bad and it will keep getting harder to fight the stains








also works on helping to keep the toilet clean in between cleanings (drop tablets in toilet before going to bed and brush when first wake up)
Rinse them out immediately after use and then leave them full of clean water if you're not going to wash them immediately. Best way to get them clean again? Denture cleaning tablets.
Vinegar :) if your dishwasher can handle it, off course
I find using bleach works, but always frightened of remnants, so I use bicarbonate of soda. harmless but efficient. Or Milton sterilising fluid and soak for 20 minutes.
Hey, forget all these chemical stuff - too bad for the environment.


Simply use lemon juice and all your problems in this case are resolved.
Because of chemicals used in the process of tea making a scourer wet will get rid of most stains but if deep ingrained a touch of bleach %26amp; cup full to brim with cold water leave for about one hour rinse well in hot water works for me but,I do feel the bleach weakens the china over time as eventually my cups break.
This is easy! Just don't drink black tea. Hehehehe!
get some sterilising fluid leave in cup for a little while rinse all gone
My remedy is bicarbonate of soda (baking powder will do). Just make a solution of one teaspoonful per half pint of water and leave it in the cups. Stains will disappear. For deep, stubborn stains, rub bicarbonate of soda over the cup with your finger and you'll find that it will go as if by magic. You can also use this remedy to get rid of stains in your teapot. I keep a good supply in the house at all times. Nature's remedy!





Avoid bleach --it leaves a horrid taste.
I put a little bleach in them, then fill with water. Leave them a few minutes, then rinse real good. No more stains!
soak the cups in 3 parts water and 1 part Clorox---guaranteed to remove the stain without you touching it. Just remember to rinse the cups once the stains are removed.
I agree with Special Ed.





Use a solution of laundry bleach and water. Fill the cups, let stand overnight.





Wash and rinse well after.





Problem solved! :-))
a suirt of bleach and fill the cup up with water let soak and then wash a few times
Rinse them out with warm water when you've finished the drink before washing and in between making drinks. That way there will be no residual staining for either you or the dishwasher to contend with. Failing that, if they are already stained, just soak them in bleach for a bit.
if u try hydrochloric acid it will burn thru the stain and probably the cup too. But, at least it will be clean. DONT drink out of it for about a100 years tho just in case..... Other Acids are available. Always read the label.
Buy black tea cups.
There is a product called OxyClean. I'm guessing they probably have a website if you don't have that product in your store. Try www.oxyclean.com. It realy works!
Use a liquid bleach...let stand for a few minutes, then you can wash in dish washer.
I use thin bleach to bring my cups back to their shinyness!! just fill your cups to the brim with warm soapy water and add a few drops of bleach. i usually leave them for half an hour then wash them in some really hot soapy water and they're clean and don't smell of bleach either.





i don't know any way of preventing it tho i'm afraid. its the tanin that does it i think.
fairy power spray is excellent. just spray in cups leave for a minute, then a quick scrub and rinse. easy peasy!!!
you answered your own question. is it so hard to wash them by hand
Use fresh, filtered water every time to reduce staining in the first place (it also helps reduce the build up of limescale in the kettle) . For already stained cups, use the Magic Eraser Block from www.lakelandlimited.co.uk . I have an aversion to anything that claims to be ';magic'; or ';miraculous'; but this thing really works. It's made of melamine foam and just requires plain water and a light rub to remove the stain. Stained tea spoons come up a treat and it works on all sorts of other things too!





Most importantly it doesn't leave any potentially harmful residues in the way that bleach or other high strength cleaners tend to do.





DON'T use a scourer. It will put microscopic scratches into the surface of the cup which will, over a period of time, make the staining worse and more difficult to remove.
Get a bowl of water and add bleach put your cups in for an hour, rinse thoroughly at least twice wash in washing up liquid dry as usual, sorted, do this about once a month the dishwasher never gets the stains out, this is the only solution I use or you can replace the cups every couple of months but that will be costly.
a bit of elbow grease and a scourer.... try filtering the water that you make yourtea with... i know it sounds mad but it minimises it..