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The research aims to study the quality of Chaiya salted eggs coated with tea waste to partially replace soil from termite mound. The residue of tea waste dried to a moisture content of 14.9% was used to prepare salt coating paste. It was found that the mixture of coating paste by substitution of termite mound soil with 10% (w/w) tea waste was appropriate to coat the duck eggs. The salt content increased in both egg yolk and egg white with increasing salt coating time. Coating egg with 10% tea waste for 24 days egg yolk contained salt 0.83% moisture 17.04% and weighed 19.19 grams. The pH value and hardness were 6.43 and 93.67 gram respectively. The egg white contained salt 5.27% moisture 81.61% and pH value was 7.60. The salted boiled eggs coated by 10% tea waste treatment for 21 days were accepted by the panelists in terms of the overall liking with the level of much liking (8.67) not significantly different (p>0.05) from that of the control treatment (0% tea waste). Microorganisms in the salted boiled eggs did not excess Thai OTOP standard. A hundred general consumers accepted this product in terms of the overall liking with the level of much liking (8.00).