6 unexpected ways to use coffee besides drinking

9/23/2020

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Society Story: 6 unexpected ways to use coffee besides drinking

I'm not a coffee addict. I'm that kind of person who can live without a cup of coffee in the morning. But I regularly buy freshly ground coffee. Do you know why?

Several months ago I stumbled across an interesting topic on twitter: people shared their life hacks for coffee grounds. And some of them were really awesome. Here are the best ones.

#1 Fix scratches on furniture

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In case there are scratches on your wooden furniture try to do the following. Mix coffee grounds and a small amount of water. Put the paste on these scratches and wipe with a cotton cloth in 10 minutes.

#2 Remove fleas from your dog

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If you don't want to buy flea-removal products that contain a lot of chemicals you can use coffee grounds. It turned out fleas can't stand coffee. Scrub your dog after shampooing and rinse it off.

#3 Scrub your skin

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I guess you know this life hack, don't you? Coffee scrub can exfoliate your skin and remove dirt and dead cells from it. It contains antioxidants to protect your skin from the sun.

#4 Make an air freshener

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Coffee is great at absorbing different smells from your fridge or car. Put dried coffee grounds into a small pouch and it'll absorb bad odours.

#5 Fertilize garden plants

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As coffee contains nutrients essential to plant growth add it to your garden soil. Besides coffee ground can decrease the concentration of heavy metals in the soil.

#6 Eliminate lingering odors

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Last week I cooked garlic beef. It was incredibly tasty, but my hands smelled like garlic. I couldn't get rid of that smell. So I took some coffee grounds and mixed it with my liquid soap. And you know, it worked!

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10 Comments

ninakamwene

In Kenya as kids we used to eat the coffee cherries as fruit and throw away the 'seed'. I am a tea drinker. You can also use black tea, make ice cubes and feed your orchids one /day. they love it. I do love the smell of coffee. There is about 40% more caffeine in coffee than tea, and it gets in your system faster.

tkudera

I've used the fresh coffee grounds as air fresheners in vehicles, it really works good. I love the smell of coffee!

Kathy Martin K

Used coffee (after the drip, what is in the basket ) is great to keep the mosquitos away. Take the used grinds allow them a day or two to dry out then dry roast or toast this on a pan till start to smell the coffee. take this toasted coffee put it in small uncovered containers where ever the mosquitos are and wow they leave and stay away for a very long time.. Double use for the expensive delicious bean....

L Lh Adams

Some time ago,I spent a while in Chiapas State in Mexico. Where I stayed was a Coffee plantation,and I drank the best Coffee ever. When I left,the Owner gave me 10 kilos of the darkest roast he had. It was very good Coffee and was sold just over the River from the Town where I lived.

Elsy O. Stromberg

Dianne Hinojosa, you have ti first make the coffee to get the grounds.

Al Grudzinski

Very cool!

Dianne Hinojosa

So do I use the coffee grounds to make my coffee first and then use the hacks/tip from above?

mckissackdiana

Roque Capispisan, I did not know that

deborahpmercer

Oh, world, where would we be without the divine bean?

Nicholas Miernicki

Birgit Ruping, I had some raise beds that I fertilized with a compost that was mostly coffee grounds. Not only did the plants like it, but, once digging in the bed, I came across a large, plump and remarkably strong worm. So it seems that the worms must enjoy their coffee grounds, too.