What to do with your old coffee grounds

Posted Dec 31st 2007 1:51PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Coffee, Science, How To

coffee Our sister blog Green Daily has a list of 21 things you can do with old coffee grounds (besides, I would assume, using them again to make more coffee). A couple of the ideas I've heard before, such as adding coffee grounds to plants to help them grow and hanging them in closets to absorb odors, but a couple of them are rather intriguing. Using coffee grounds to soften your hair? Making temporary tattoos? Interesting.

If one of your resolutions is to be a little bit more green in 2008 and reuse items and recycle and all that, maybe there's an idea or two on here you can use.

Tags: coffee grounds, green daily, reusing coffee grounds

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

12-31-2007 @ 7:00PM

http:oldglutton.blogspot.com said...

Some interesting ones I never heard before. I didn't realize it was a odor absorber and repelled ants.

If someone doesn't drink coffee, or needs a lot of grounds for gardening, you can arrange to have Peet's Coffee save their coffee grounds for you to use.
http://www.peets.com/who_we_are/community_recycling.asp

1-01-2008 @ 6:16PM

Scott said...

I use old coffee grounds as a scrub to clean my face and hands.

1-01-2008 @ 7:41PM

paul said...

I'd like to lick your face, Scott... haha.

1-02-2008 @ 2:52PM

paul said...

I'm pretty sure that the using coffee grounds as a de-odorizer is bunk:

http://thnlnk.com/seven29/Do.Used.Coffee.Grounds.Really.Absorb.Odors/110

I wonder if the ant repellant nature is also a factor of it just disguising odors by masking the scent of ant trails... Interesting post otherwise for the other uses.

1-07-2008 @ 10:41PM

nicole jones said...

Hey Scott,
There is an awesome recipe for facial scrub at:
http://www.wholelattelove.com/articles/coffee_recipes.cfm
And while the weather is nice in the Northeast, try the steak/coffee ground recipe!!
Good luck.

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