6 Things To Do With Coffee Grounds
Updated: Feb. 27, 2021Don’t toss those coffee grounds in the compost just yet! Here are six clever ways to put coffee grounds to good use all around the house.
Use Coffee Grounds to Keep a Fireplace Clean
Before you clean the ashes out of your fireplace, sprinkle them with wet coffee grounds. They’ll be easier to remove, and the ash and dust won’t pollute the atmosphere of the room.
Use Coffee Grounds to Deodorize a Freezer
It can be difficult to get rid of the smell of spoiled food after a freezer failure, but coffee grounds can help. Fill a couple of bowls with used or fresh coffee grounds and place them in the freezer overnight. For a flavoured-coffee scent, add a couple of drops of vanilla to the grounds.
Fertilize Plants with Coffee Grounds
Don’t throw out those old coffee grounds-they’re chock-full o’ nutrients that your acidic-loving plants crave! Use coffee grounds to fertilize rosebushes, azaleas, rhododendrons, evergreens, and camellias. (Helpful hint: It’s better to use grounds from a drip coffeemaker than the boiled grounds from a percolator. The drip grounds are richer in nitrogen!)
Use Coffee Grounds Keep Cats Out of the Garden
Prowling neighbourhood cats won’t think of your garden as a latrine anymore if you spread a pungent mixture of orange peels and used coffee grounds around your plants. The mix acts as great fertilizer too.
Use Coffee Grounds to Reduce Cellulite
The secret ingredient in high-priced cellulite cream? Coffee! Knowing this, why not save money and make your own? Simply mix 1/4 cup warm, used coffee grounds with 1 tablespoon of oil (olive, almond, walnut or massage oil will due), then stand on newspaper in the bathtub and apply the mixture over your cellulite zones. Wrap yourself in plastic wrap and leave on for up to five minutes. Unwind the plastic wrap, then brush off the loose grounds. Remove the newspaper and take a warm shower using a exfoliating brush. Repeat twice a week.
Use Coffee Grounds to Clean Your Fireplace
Before you clean the ashes out of your fireplace, sprinkle them with wet coffee grounds. They’ll be easier to remove, and the ash and dust won’t pollute the atmosphere of the room.
