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Don’t throw away leftover tea or coffee—use them to nourish your hair naturally

Leftover tea and coffee can be reused as natural hair care remedies to add shine, reduce hair fall, and improve scalp health.

By NES Web Desk

Dec 23, 2025 17:15 IST

The hot tea left on the table has gone cold. You had thought of having coffee after a while. Due to work pressure, it has cooled down to become a cold drink. It's not good to reheat and drink such beverages again. What option is there other than throwing it away? However, hair care experts say that if the tea or coffee doesn't contain sugar or milk, then there's no need to throw away that beverage. Whether it's tea or coffee, it has been used for hair care for ages.

Various studies have shown that this ingredient particularly helps in growing new hair. Dandruff problems increase in winter. Tea or coffee also has solutions for this.

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Hair care with tea

Mix some hot water with the tea or coffee left in the cup. Then, when it comes to normal temperature, massage it into the scalp. Massage for ten minutes. Then wait for another ten minutes. Try using this remedy two to three times a week – it will maintain the shine of your hair. New hair will also grow.

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Hair care with coffee

The main component of coffee is caffeine. This particularly helps in nourishing hair follicles. Like tea, mix hot water with leftover coffee and apply it to your head. Leave it for ten minutes. Caffeine particularly helps in blood circulation in the scalp. It nourishes hair follicles. Coffee also plays a role in preventing premature greying.

Those who have dry scalp can also mix coffee with coconut oil and apply it. If you want to remove dandruff or the problem of dead cells accumulating on the scalp, you can also use it as an exfoliator.

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