My friend sent me a warning about Lipton Lemon Tea Bags. The woman opened up the fresh teabag and emptied it on a piece of paper and low and behold You could see small maggots moving around in it, She then opened another bag and the same thing happened, it made me sick. I don't know if this was in Australia but now I won't be buying them again.

I don't drink tea but aways buy it to have for others that call by -- I buy  the Madura tea -- its Aussie -- must check that too

I utilize my spent tea leaves in the garden both in compost, plants in the garden and around potted plants.

Tea leaves contain Tanin which is useful for plant growth. Mixed with crushed eggshels it also stops slugs and snails attacking your plant as well as prviding calcium in the soil.

Very useful hints which I will keep in a file and make use of. Thank you so much. Margaret

I dry them out and use as kindling when lighting my fire.

Spent a week at a youth hostel - used tea bags were thrown out of the kitchen window on to the branches of a tree.  The T tree looked quite attractive....

any kind of article like this that arrives via email (even from a friend) should be checked to see if it is a cruel or malissious joke (what is the reason behind sending the email). There is a site for checking authenticity or hoax status, but I can't remember it. Type something like 'Green tea maggots hoax' and see where you go. My used T-bags go into the compost.