11 Unconventional Ways to Reuse Coffee Grounds

Posted by My Dallas Mommy on Monday, February 6th, 2017 at 6:30 PM
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If you are a coffee drinker, you might not consider just how many grounds every week that get dumped in the trash. Did you know there are some pretty neat ways to use those grounds? Reuse them to   Even if you aren’t a coffee drinker, you may just start buying it after you read these unconventional uses for coffee!

  • Fertilize Plants

Sprinkle coffee grounds around the roots of your acid loving plants!  Since coffee is acidic, they will soak it up and be more brilliant and beautiful!

  • Destroy Refrigerator Odor

Coffee is great for absorbing refrigerator odors! This works similarly to baking soda, but we agree that it works much quicker!  Soak up those stinky smells emitting from your refrigerator with coffee!  You can also pour some grounds into a sock, add a few drops of vanilla extract, then tie it off into a ball.  Throw that in your car or truck, under a seat, and your car will smell coffee-fresh!

  • Touch-up Furniture

Instant or ground coffee is a wonderful tool to touch-up scratches on your wood furniture!  Mix a little bit of hot water with coffee grounds to make a paste, and rub on the scratch.  It works immediately and blends in nicely!

  • Hair Sheen

Want shinier hair? Simply brew a STRONG pot of coffee, then let it cool to room temperature.  Apply it to your DRY hair and leave it on for 20-40 minutes, then rinse it out.  You won’t see immediate results, but keep doing it for about a week and you’ll notice a nice sheen!

  • Fat Be Gone!

Caffeine is recorded to enhance fat metabolism, which in turn reduces the appearance of  cellulite (we prefer to call them “dimples.” You can make a homemade cellulite treatment by mixing warm, used coffee grounds with coconut oil.  Rub it onto your skin in circular motions for a few minutes before rinsing.

  • Better Than Soap

Stinky hands from the kitchen?  Get rid of smells from onions, garlic, fish or whatever else you’re touching that leaves that trace smell on your hands!  It’s simple – rub coffee grounds in your hands, then rinse.  Now take a whiff, and we bet the smell is gone!

  • Repel Ants

Sprinkle dry, used coffee grounds in problem areas where you notice ants in your home or yard and they might just pick up and leave. To tackle huge ant mounds, pour an entire pot of brewed coffee right on the mound.

  • Richer Compost

Phosphorous, magnesium, potassium, and copper are all attributes of coffee.  They release nitrogen into the soil as they degrade and they’re a little bit acidic, which is great for certain soils. Throw grounds in your compost to make it even richer!

  • Exfoliator

Make your own coffee-based scrub!  Combine a tablespoon of coffee grounds with half a tablespoon of olive oil and, if you want, some essential oils.  Bam!  That’s it!  

  • Repel Fleas

UGH!  Fleas are the worst!  To get rid of them, go to the source.  Rub used, damp coffee grounds through your pet’s fur after bathing to repel fleas.  This is a great “green” way to get ride of fleas, without worrying about chemicals.   It will also help to remove the “dog smell” from your furniture when your pup jumps on it!

  • Fireplace Helper

Cleaning your fireplace gets easier and less dusty with coffee!  Wait until the embers are cool, then sprinkle damp coffee grounds all over the ashes.  Let them sit for about 20minutes and then scoop out the whole mess into a metal ash can. The coffee grounds cling to the ashes, so they don’t kick up dust nearly as much as they would otherwise.

How would you reuse coffee grounds?

 

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