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Why can the tea stains in the cup be washed off with vinegar?
1, vinegar is acidic and contains low concentration of acetic acid molecules, which belongs to acetic acid solution. Tea scale and scale are mostly carbonate solids such as calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate, which can react with acids.

For example, in chemical experiments, hydrochloric acid reacts with calcium carbonate to generate carbon dioxide, which is also the same principle. The products are carbon dioxide and acetate.

2. Tea contains many alkaloids, such as caffeine, theobromine and theophylline, and vinegar is one of the weak acids, which reacts with tea scale in acid-base neutralization, and the tea scale is dissolved, so the tea scale can be removed.

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Descaling method

(1) Remove the tea dirt on the metal tea partition: When using the metal tea partition, it will turn black due to the tea dirt. If it can't be washed off with neutral detergent, it can be soaked in vinegar or easily cleaned with bleach.

(2) Remove the tea stains on the teacups or teapots: When the teacups and teapots are used for a long time, there will be many tea stains, which can be easily removed by wiping them with a sponge dipped in salt.

(3) Except for small pieces of tea dirt, it can be soaked in the solution of bleach or cleaning powder and left overnight to remove the tea dirt.

(4) Can be scrubbed with toothpaste or broken egg shells, and then rinsed with clear water.

(5) Put a teaspoon of orange powder or orange juice in the teacup and teapot, fill it with clear water and let it stand for 2-3 hours, so that the tea scale loses its adhesion with the tea set and can be easily removed.

(6) You can peel potatoes, put all peeled potatoes into teapots and teacups filled with water, and heat them together until they boil. After the water is boiled, cool it a little and then brush your teeth, so you can easily clean the tea stains attached to the bottom of the teapot teacup.

The principle is that there is starch in potatoes, which has strong adsorption and is easy to remove dirt from cups.

(7) Although some tips for cleaning tea stains can remove tea stains, there are professional tea stain cleaners in China. The tea scale cleaning agent is extracted from natural materials, contains no chlorine and fluorescent whitening agent, has good cleaning effect and is environment-friendly, and is suitable for cleaning various tea sets.

Tea scale has been deposited for a long time and is not easy to clean. You can soak it in heated rice vinegar or baking soda for a day and a night, and then brush it with a toothbrush, which is easy to clean. It should be noted that if you use a teapot, you don't need to clean it like this.

The teapot itself has pores, and the minerals in the tea scale can be absorbed by these pores, which can not only maintain the teapot, but also prevent harmful substances from "running" into the tea and being absorbed by the human body.