Ahh. A lovely cup of joe in the morning to revive your body ready for the day ahead. In my opinion, there really is nothing better than that to get your day started.
But, coffee isn’t just a wonderful stimulant – I’ve used the excess beans and grounds from our home coffee machine for a variety of things and here’s my Top 7 Unusual Uses for your Coffee!
TOP 7 UNUSUAL USES FOR COFFEE
7. GETTING RID OF ANTS
Two years ago we had an anthill pop up in our garden, threatening to destroy my lovely hard work – by simply pouring coffee grounds into the hill and in a circle around it, the ants moved on. Ants purportedly HATE black coffee!
6. REMOVING STRONG ODOURS
Ever had food go out of date while still in the refrigerator, or have a power outage and be left with odourific defrosted food in your freezer, and be left with that horrible, horrible smell that takes hours to remove? FEAR NO MORE. Simply pour used OR new ground coffee into a bowl or two and leave overnight. Coffee works as a great odour neutraliser.
5. GIVE YOURSELF A FACIAL
Instead of buying those rather expensive mud packs from the supermarket, dry out your used coffee grounds and use them as a facial cleanser; grounds are great for skin dermabrasion.
4. GIVE YOUR ASHTRAY A CLEAN
Surprisingly coffee is not a bad degreaser for those tough-to-clean items. Try using ground coffee to clean out any ashtrays or, in general, greasy surfaces – the grounds have good abrasive properties and leave behind a nice smell!
3. USE IT ON YOUR PLANTS
It’s not really a secret but ground coffee beans help enrich soil to aid in plant growth – instead of chucking those used grounds away, sprinkle them on the soil of your hydrangeas! No milk and sugar though, please!
2. AS A NATURAL HAIR COLOURANT!
Henna and black coffee work well together to cover up grey hairs, and your bonce will look a lovely Henna red! Just don’t forget to not boil the mixture! Henna and black coffee can also be combined as a safe temporary tattoo!
1. RUB THEM ON YOUR DOG!
After you give your pet a well-deserved bath, rub the grounds into his/her coat. Coffee grounds are purported to repel fleas rather effectively!
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Finding new ways to resuse coffee is a fun and green method to help our environment, can you think of any more? Post your ideas in the comment section below.
Until next time,
David Cocozza
nice post . thanks for sharing with us .
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