I am a coffee addict! I cannot get enough coffee and am known to drink up to a pot a day or more sometimes. Especially while I am writing!
I also really enjoy those gourmet coffee’s from the coffee shop, but I avoid them because of their high cost. A real budget breaker!
Did you know there are dozens of other ways you can actually use your coffee? For centuries people have been using coffee, coffee grounds and coffee beans for many other uses. Here are some of my favorites!
Baking
Substitute the water called for in your favorite cookie or brownie recipe with that amount in brewed coffee. The flavor it amazing.
Steak Rub
Try rubbing some coffee grounds, or soaking a piece of meet for about a half hour in brewed coffee as a marinade. The flavor has got to be the most amazing thing you’ve ever tasted. A lot of high end restaurants are starting to offer this as a gourmet dish!
Deodorize
Use coffee grounds in a freezer or refrigerator in place of the traditional baking soda, to eliminate odors. Add a few drops of some vanilla extract to the grounds for a delicious scent.
Crafts
Coffee beans make wonderful embellishments glued to the outside of a tin can pencil holder or a candle. They smell good too.
Fishing
You can keep the worms alive by dumping them into some coffee grounds. Just dump them in a container, the grounds and the worms and drag them along. They will survive all day and for some reason the worms really like the coffee.
Pests
Keep animals and pests out of your garden by mixing coffee grounds into the dirt around your plants and shrubs.
Fertilizer
Coffee grounds are full of nutrients that your acidic-loving plants need. Just save your coffee grounds and then sprinkle them around your garden.
Body Scrub
The coffee grounds work great to exfoliate skin, remove dead cells and give you fresh and healthy skin. Also, supposedly they work as a cellulite fighter because of the caffeine. Pretty cool if you ask me!
Can you think of any other ways to use your coffee grounds, coffee beans or anything else?
Nicole Humphrey writes articles for the Scrapbooking Blog and for the Frugal Blog. She also guest blogs on a variety of topics. You can read more of her articles by clicking here.
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