Q&A for How to Get Stains out of White Mugs

Make a paste with boiling water and baking soda, coating evenly all the areas to be treated. Let it sit for 10 minutes and wash it as usual.

Yes! If you're cleaning the inside of a teapot, mix half a cup of white vinegar and a tablespoon of baking soda in the teapot for half an hour. Scrub it with a micro-scouring pad around the pot, rinse and it's ready to use!

If mixing vinegar and baking soda doesn't get you the results you wanted, try removing the stains with only vinegar or baking soda for different results.

Always the teabag. In fact, it's best to add boiling water to the teabag, rather than the other way around. Heat speeds the steeping time, and tea made with tepid water never tastes quite right. Milk lowers the temperature of the water and should be added only when the tea has reached the darkness that indicates it is as strong as you want it. (For many of us, that means steeping a teabag for at least a minute. Loose tea takes longer, but tastes better!) THEN add the milk.