Coffee Grounds

In the spirit of environmentalism, did you know that there are awesome ways to use left over coffee grounds? After you've had your lovely cup of coffee, save those grounds for a new way to use them! Or if there is a type of coffee that's expired or you didn't like it, you can grind it up and use the dry grounds as well. Here are a few different ways to use them:

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Used coffee grounds:

• As a composer. Add used coffee grounds to you compost pile because there are minerals in the coffee that speed up the decomposing process.
• As fertilizer. Add some used coffee grounds to your outdoor garden or indoor plants because they contain potassium and nitrogen which helps perks up plants!
• Household scrub. Mix with cleaner or on their own and because grounds are an abrasive, they can help clean pans or stove-tops.

New coffee grounds:

• Deodorizer. Set a bowl of clean grounds in the back of the refrigerator or freezer and it will help take care of gross smells. You can also wrap some grounds in cheesecloth and hang in a closet to help with smells as well.
• Exfoliater. Add a few grounds to lotion or body wash and it helps slough off dead and/or dry skin.
• Natural bug repellent. Sprinkle some in your gardens or around your social areas outside to ward off bugs that don't like strong smells.

I have used coffee grounds as a deodorizer and exfoliater before and they work amazingly! At work we used the espresso grounds to wash our hands before throwing it away, it help makes our skin softer and since coffee can be absorbed through the skin, it also gives a little perk up.