Love the smell of jasmine flavoured rice? You can make some of your very own at home with leftover tea bags.

Place a leftover bags of jasmine tea in your rice cooker while steaming rice and you’ll get fragrant smelling rice. Do the same with your pasta but in boiling water to achieve the same results.

Mix some tea into your gardening soil to repel pests and help your plants grow healthily. Different types of tea offer different nutrients and benefits to your plants.

Boil some tea with your leftover teabags to make a delicious marinade for your meats. Add cooking wine or some other marinade sauces for an even richer flavour.

Tear those leftover teabags open and rub them into your meats for a dry marinade and to left the flavours infuse in. Leave them overnight and brush away the tea leaves for a deliciously fragrant dish.

Got some teabag flavours that you think might go well together? Be your own mixologist and create your very own drink.

Leave leftover tea bags to dry and add your favourite essential oils to them for homemade air fresheners.

If you’ve got plenty of tea bags, turn them into potpourri instead. Add your favourite essential oils, mix is up and separate it into different bowls to freshen up your home.

Boil some tea with your leftover tea bags, allow it to cool down slightly and soak your feet in. The antioxidants found in tea can help nourish your skin and soften it.

Once you’re done soaking your foot in them, tear open the leftover teabags and scrub the base of your foot with it for smoother skin!

Adding some tea bags into your fridge helps to freshen it and keep it from smelling bad too.