Dyeing With Tea Experiment

So we were back with the tea again today….!

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Another selection of tea leaves and a few different tea bags. We’ve been lucky as our neighbour gave Leon three different packets of decaffeinated tea that she no longer wanted at Christmas time (he recently had a fascination with ‘tea’)….
Then we took a bowl of warm water and a square of white cotton…

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…and used pipettes to add water to the tea…

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..to see how it would dye our fabric..

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The results? ‘Winter Spice’ (berry) tea turned the fabric a strong red, Green tea did NOT turn the fabric green, and ‘Sweet Honey’ tea did NOT turn it yellow – but ‘Decaffeinated Organic Tea’ turned it a deep yellow – while ‘PG Tips’ most definitely turned it a deep orange!
So there you go!
🙂

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