Tea is such a thing that is consumed in almost every household in India. There are a large number of tea lovers in our country. Here you will find tea drinkers from nooks and crannies to 5-star hotels. But do you know that both real and adulterated tea leaves are being sold in the market? There is no significant difference in the appearance of both. In such a situation, people are also drinking adulterated tea and their body is being harmed. People also consider tea as a medicine to get rid of a headache, but if it is adulterated then how will it work? Meanwhile, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has told a trick with the help of which you can find out whether tea leaves are pure or adulterated in a pinch.
How to identify adulterated tea leaves?
According to FSSAI, if you want to identify pure or adulterated tea leaves, then for this take some tea leaves kept in the kitchen and then keep them on filter paper. Then pour a few drops of water over it and then remove the tea leaves. Now, look at the filter in the light.
Know the purity in a pinch like this
If the tea stain is not visible on the filter paper, it means that your tea leaf is pure. And on the contrary, if black-brown spots are visible on the filter paper, then understand that there is adulteration in your tea leaves. You can adopt this easy method and check the purity of the tea leaves kept in your kitchen.
Awareness against adulterated goods
Significantly, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India keeps increasing awareness among people against adulterated things. FSSAI keeps sharing many such videos through its handle on social media, in which methods of identifying adulterated things are told. These tricks can be very useful for you.