Make Your Coffee Grounds Work Double Time
April 3, 2009 by Jennifer Chait
Filed under Doing it Yourself, Eco Simplicity, household product
Coffee (good coffee; people) can be expensive. You can buy cheaper coffee to save money OR to make your coffee purchases work harder use the grounds up – all the way.
After brewing a pot, set aside the grounds and try one of the following applications…
Place them in your compost bin where they will enrich your compost content. Coffee grounds naturally release nitrogen which plants adore all to pieces. Flowers like azaleas and rhododendrons are especially huge fans of the acid content in coffee. In fact, even if you don’t have a compost bin, you can still use coffee grounds in the garden to enrich the soil. Simply sprinkle the grounds over the soil and flower beds.
Place some of your old grounds in a canister in your kitchen. Rub on your hands after you peel onions or work with smelly old fish. The gorunds work well at removing icky lingering scents.
Coffee grounds also work like baking soda when used as an odor absorber. You can put some into a plastic bin, toss on a lid, punch holes in the lid, and place the whole shebang in your fridge. The bin will absorb fridge odors well.
Scrub down in the shower with grounds. I know, it sounds weird, but coffee grounds are actually perfect for various skin and hair applications.
Have your kiddos make a coffee grounds craft – trust me, it’s super cool fun.
Lastly, I’ve heard that coffee grounds will remove (or hide anyhow) scratches on wood furniture. I haven’t tried, but plenty of folks say it works wonders.
Do you have any other uses for coffee grounds?
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