TEA & COFFEE STAINS AND HOW TO GET RID OF THEM Tea& Coffeestains If you spill your morning hot drink down your clothes, wash the stain as soon as you can. If that is not possible, sprinkle a teaspoon of baking soda onto a wet cloth and gently blot the stain when you get home. Rinse well and dry as normal. Red Winestains Both milk and white wine will remove red wine stains. White wine'neutralises' the red stain, lifting out the tannins, while the protein and fats in milk'soak' up the stain and the lactic acid bleaches the stain.