Common Grounds for Coffee

The San Francisco Chronicle had a very interesting article about used coffee grounds. I have posted it here again, giving credit to Lauren Reed-Guy for her great insight. Naturally, I have my own take on this subject.

Think twice before you throw out your used coffee grounds. From gardening
to deodorizing, they have a multitude of uses. Not a coffee drinker? Many
coffee shops, including Starbucks and Peet’s, offer their used grounds for
the taking.

– Remove odors: Place a bowl of used grounds in the refrigerator and
freezer, or pour a cup of grounds mixed with boiling water down the drain OK-good idea
to remove odor.

– Clean up: Coffee grounds can be used to scrub stain-resistant surfaces, Then how do I pick up the oily coffee grounds?
particularly those plagued by grease.

– Ward off plant pests: Sprinkle grounds around plants to fend off ants, What if they start thriving on the extra caffeine?
snails and slugs.

– Bathe pets: After giving your dog or cat a bath, rub it down with coffee I am not sure Lexi would like this.
grounds to soften fur and prevent fleas.

– Cover furniture scratches: Add hot water to coffee grounds and apply Don’t be cheap, buy the correct product!
with a Q-tip to disguise furniture scratches.

– Freshen up: Sucking on a coffee bean can help freshen breath, and Yuck, coffee breath and now, coffee hands!
rubbing a few beans between your hands can help remove persistent odors
like garlic and fish.

– Protect garden: Prevent neighborhood cats from using your garden as a It would be my luck to find a cat that likes French Roast!
litter box by spreading coffee grounds in your planter beds.

– Add to compost: Coffee grounds can help to balance the pH levels as well I do not compost, I am not a gardener.
as feed the worms in your compost.

– Use as mulch: Apply around acid-loving plants such as azaleas and And how do I

test the pH of the soil?
rhododendrons.

So, now I have a few ideas that you may like better than these.

1. Reuse the coffee grounds at least one more time. I actually know people who do this.

2. Perhaps if Hansel and Gretel had used coffee grounds, they would have been better off.

3. Put it in your socks as a foot deodorant.

4. Tie dye your T shirts in coffee.

5. Add it to sand in the glass making process for a naturally smokey color.

6. Mix it with epoxy for building repairs and sculpture.

7. Sell it on ebay, claiming that Lady Gaga left the grounds in her hotel room.

8. Grind it up and use it as flea powder or fill old ant stakes with it.

9. Give it to Denny’s, it will be a big improvement over their current coffee.

10. The term, “put a sock in it” is perhaps better explained thusly. In Laos, I had one of the best and most unusual cups of coffee ever made. The Laotian lady made my expresso strength coffee in a sock! And of course, I was standing right next to my good friend Mike, who owned a hosiery company in North Carolina. Double irony!!!

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