You will be surprised how many things you can do with your leftover morning coffee. So, once your coffee maker has finished giving its own with that aromatic and delicious coffee in the morning, do not throw it away. We suggest you keep reading to see what you can do by reusing the remains that have been left in the filter.
14 uses you can give to used coffee grounds.
You can give used coffee at least 14 interesting uses that will make you really think, that that delicious quality coffee that you have recently acquired is worth it, and that it hurt you to have to throw it away, feeling that perhaps you could get more out of it.
Well, you were not wrong, you can continue taking advantage of it in the following ways and more, such as, for example, continue tasting its exquisite flavor in other ways besides coffee; manufacturing cleaning products, for beauty, the garden, and you will not be able to believe the artistic things so novel that you can also do with used coffee. So, if you are someone creative, keep reading to take notes, perhaps in the process you will come up with more projects to do that you will have to share with us later.
Plan your coffee afternoons with your morning coffee leftovers.
Yes, you have probably heard the advice to use the remaining coffee to put it in ice cube trays and freeze it. But go a step further by adding a pinch of cinnamon as a bonus, then pop the coffee and cinnamon ice cubes into a glass of your favorite healthy milk.
Use leftover coffee to make popsicles.
This iced coffee popsicle could just replace your afternoon at your favorite coffee shop, and it only takes a few minutes to improvise. What do you need? Three cups of brewed leftover coffee, ¾ cup of coconut milk, and 1/3 cup of organic sugar. Mix until the sugar dissolves, pour into a mold, freeze, and enjoy.
The remaining morning coffee a resource for artists.
Grab a paintbrush or give one to your child, dip it into the last cold quarter inch of coffee left in your cup, and start unleashing your creativity. In this there are no limits!
Makes natural coffee grounds cleaners for the sink disposer.
These Sink Disposal Cleaners and Air Fresheners are handy to make. In this case, what is reused are the used coffee beans. These flavoring cleaners, in addition to doing this, also sharpen the disposer blades. Do you want to know how to do them?
Remove white stains from your wooden furniture with coffee.
Coffee leaves stains, as we all know, but instead of lamenting those stains, how about relocating them elsewhere by putting color exactly where you want it. Simply dip a cotton swab into the leftover coffee in the filter, then rub it on dark wood furniture to minimize light scratch stains and other blemishes.
Exfoliate your skin by reusing your morning coffee.
If you like the smell of filtered coffee, you can use the leftover coffee maker in this project. These are handmade soaps. All you need to make these cute scented square bars shown here is a bunch of mini-soaps (you know, all the ones you’ve saved from hotels) and a mold. The bonus: they make a nice gift for your celebrations.
Give a white sheet an antique parchment finish.
Prepare a rectangular mold with water mixed with the coffee, then dip a couple of sheets of white paper in the mixture. Let them sit for a couple of minutes, then remove. Let them dry completely (pinning them on a clothesline works well) and shake off any excess grain.
Use coffee as a fertilizer on plants that like acidic soil.
Plants like azaleas (shown here) and rose bushes don’t worry about a little caffeine, since they like the acidic soil that coffee provides, in addition to nitrogen, phosphorus, and trace elements. But don’t overdo it: just scatter ¾ cup into deep soil near the roots of the plant once a month or less. This creates a high-quality compost that won’t harm your plants if you do it carefully.
Clean your pots and pans by reusing the ground coffee of the day.
Here’s a great tip: coffee grounds are gritty but not too abrasive, and it attracts and absorbs grease. Add a little dish soap to it and it’ll come in handy on kitchen utensils or even removing layers of old grease from ovens and pans.
Make a skin scrub with coffee grounds.
As we all know, coffee has caffeine and antioxidants that are effective in lightening the appearance of cellulite in the short term. In addition, caffeine acts as a stimulant, dilating the blood vessels, which temporarily tones and tightens the tissues. Do you want to make your own scrub with ground coffee?
Other uses that can be given to ground coffee.
- Eliminate food odors on your hands. Scrub your hands with a tablespoon of coffee grounds to remove the smell of fish or garlic.
- Clean your fireplace. Sweeping the ashes from your fireplace is a task that becomes a big cleaning problem: Ashes and dust fly everywhere. So, before you sweep up the ashes, cover them with the wet coffee powder to prevent the dust from kicking up. Sounds like it’s time for another cup of coffee.
- It is used to dye your fabrics and give them an old touch. Simply place what you want to dye in a pan of water that has been previously boiled with coffee. You turn it off and place the fabric, let it rest for as long as you consider necessary. Once the desired time has passed, you take the fabric out and wash it very well in cold water. The fabric must have taken on that aged hue. If you want a more intense color, put the fabric back into the coffee water until you finally achieve the desired shade.
- How to get rid of the smell of burnt food in the oven using coffee. Just add two tablespoons of the used leftover coffee powder to a half cup of water and heat for a minute in the microwave (it acts as a natural deodorant). If the burnt smell persists, repeat. You can also deodorize your refrigerator. Put the coffee powder that you are going to reuse in a nylon bag or porous bag hidden in the back of the refrigerator, this serves to neutralize odors.
