5 Surprising Things You Can Do With Tea Powder

Last Updated on July 14, 2020

4. Make Soap And Oils From Tea Powder

Have you ever considered making your own tea oils and tea soap? Well, newsflash, you can! When you make tea, the flavors and fragrances will seep into the water – these will happen when you add tea to your homemade soaps, changing their scent and creating unique, homemade fragrances.  How to make soap out of tea powder: You can regulate the intensity of the scent and the color of the soap by how strong you choose to make your tea. Melt a bar of soap and then proceed to mix the brewed tea and to stir it all together until the liquid soap is fully homogeneous. While you are mixing the tea and the melted soap, make sure the mixture reaches a temperature of 130ºF. You should then distribute the soap into your preferred molds and let it cool down until it becomes solid.

5.Make Tea Cupcakes

And to end this surprising list on a sweet note, we have tea cupcakes! Cupcakes are the most adorable dessert on this planet – you get to experience all the flavor of your favorite big cake. Still, you also manage to control your appetite and eat just the miniature version (providing you don’t buy a whole box of cupcakes, of course). Well, if you like to get adventurous in the kitchen, here is a recipe so you can make your own tea cupcakes at home.

• Ingredients
• 1 Cup of flour
• 1/8 Cup of cornstarch
• 1 ½ Tablespoon of black tea powder
• ½ Tablespoon of salt
• ½ Tablespoon of baking soda
• 3 Tablespoons of unsalted butter
• 1 ½ Tablespoon of baking powder
• 2 large eggs
• ¾ Cup of sugar
• ½ Cup of vegetable oil
• 2 Large eggs
• 1 Cup of milk
• 1 Tablespoon of vanilla extract
• 3 Tablespoons of unsalted butter (room temperature)

• How to do the cupcakes: Start by preheating your oven to 350° Fahrenheit. As the oven preheats, add the milk and tea powder to a pot, and heat this mixture until it boils. Let it sit until it cools down. Take a mixing bowl, add the butter and the sugar and mix them together. Add the eggs one at a time and stir until you get a homogeneous mix. Next, the vegetable oil, the vanilla extract, and all the remaining dry ingredients. To finish it up, add the tea powder and milk that should be cool by now. Put your cake batter in tiny baking cups and put them in the oven for about 18 minutes. Remove them as soon as they pass the toothpick test, and there you have it – a full batch of delicious tea muffins, ready to be enjoyed.