REPURPOSING

COFFEE GROUNDS

for home, body,
and more


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REPURPOSING COFFEE GROUNDS

for home, body,
and more
 Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter One - Getting Started with Used Coffee Grounds
Chapter Two - Homemade Coffee Scrubs
Chapter Three - Coffee for Facials
Chapter Four - Cellulite Reducer
Chapter Five - Other Personal Uses
Chapter Six - Use Coffee Grounds Outside Your Home
Chapter Seven - Coffee for Food
Chapter Eight - Coffee Grounds around Your House
Chapter Nine - Coffee for Art
Conclusion


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 Chapter One
Getting Started with Used Coffee Grounds
Most people know the benefit of having three 8-ounce cups of caffeinated
coffee every day. It is good as a source of magnesium, potassium, vitamin
B3 and antioxidants. To protect your teeth from the acid in coffee, it is a
good idea to rinse your mouth with tap water than wait half an hour to
brush them.
The best way to store fresh coffee beans or grinds is to place the small
airtight plastic bags in the freezer, but when opened, place the left over
coffee in an airtight glass or ceramic container in a dark, cool place.
We haven’t thought about the benefits of used coffee grounds outside our
body. Most of the world consumes about 3 cups a day, per person,
creating about 7.6 millions tons of used coffee grounds per year. Most of
the coffee grounds go to the landfill as waste, but there are creative ways
to recycle and reduce coffee grounds to have a better health, beautiful
skin, and a clean home. Recycle Coffee Ground & Reduce Waste for a
healthier and enrich your life.
Refrigerate or freeze grounds from your daily brewing until you have
enough used coffee grounds for a large batch. If you don’t drink coffee
yourself, or you need more grinds than you will have, plan ahead and go
to your local coffee house to ask them for their used coffee grounds.
You could dry your used coffee grounds by spreading them out on a
cookie sheet near a sunny window. Alternatively, you could put the coffee
grounds in an aluminum foil pie plate then place them in a cool, dry area
until they are completely dry. Then you are ready to create wonderful
things with the Used Coffee Ground…
 Chapter Two
Homemade Coffee Scrubs
Here are a couple of homemade coffee scrubs. Be sure to mix together the
dry ingredients in a bowl first, then add the wet ingredients.
Store each mixture in a sealed container and refrigerate when not in use.
When you use the mixture, apply in a circular motion on wet or damp
skin to scrub off dry dead skin cells and reveal soft, smooth, firm skin.
The best time is to use in the shower. Use sparingly to prevent your pipes
from clogging. Another method is to scrub into skin and then rinse off
after 15-20 minutes to help tighten your skin.
Since these are fresh and natural ingredients, the shelf life is only a couple
of weeks for most of the coffee scrubs. Use the scrub at least once or twice
in a week.
Note: Don’t use brown sugar scrubs on your face or neck which can tear
or scratch the skin.
Key:
• Brown sugar to rejuvenate your skin and gently exfoliate without
drying
• Coffee Grounds to natural exfoliate skin
• Olive oil, sweet almond oil (recondition the skin), Jojoba Oil,
Apricot Kernel Oil (good for sensitive, dry or inflamed skin), Cocoa Oil or
any other light oil base to moisturize your skin.
• Raw sugar or white sugar to gently exfoliate without drying skin
• Vitamin E is to encourage skin healing
• Vanilla Extract to thin the scrub a little and more soothing to the
skin
Coffee Body Scrub
4 Cups Ground Coffee
1 Cup Raw Sugar, Brown Sugar or Sea Salt
5 Tablespoons Oil
Coffee Body Scrub
2 cups - Coffee Grounds
1/2 cup - Raw Sugar or Sea Salt
2 to 3 Tablespoons – Massage Oil
Coffee Body Scrub
1/2 Cup Coffee Grounds
1/2 Cup Brown Sugar
1/4 Cup Extra-Virgin Olive Oil
Coffee Body Scrub
5 Tablespoons Coffee Grounds
1 Tablespoon Salt or Sugar
2 Tablespoons of Mineral Oil (Baby Oil)
Coffee Body Scrub:
1/4 Cup Dry Coffee Ground
1/4 Cup Olive Oil
1/4 Cup Sugar
Coffee Body Scrub
1 Cup Coffee Ground
1 Cup Brown Sugar
1 Cup Sea Salt
3 Tablespoons Honey
1 Tablespoons Coconut Oil
Coffee Body Scrub
2 Cups Coffee Ground
1/2 Raw Sugar or Sea Salt
3 Tablespoons Yogurt
Coffee Body Scrub
1 Tablespoon Coffee Grounds
2 Tablespoons White or Brown Sugar
1 Tablespoon Lemon Juice
Dash of Salt
Coffee Body Scrub
1 Cup Coffee Ground
8 Cups Sea Salt
2 Cups Avocado Pulp
1 Cup Light Oil
2 Tablespoons Vanilla Extract
2 Tablespoon Honey
Coffee Body Scrub
3 Tablespoons Ground Coffee
1 Tablespoon Sea Salt
Coffee Body Scrub
1/2 Cup of Cane Sugar
2 Cups of Coffee Grounds
2/3 Tablespoon of Vanilla Extract/Oil
1/3 Tablespoon of Sweet Almond Oil
Dash of Cinnamon
Coffee Body Scrub
1/4 Cup packed Brown Sugar
1/4 Cup Granulated White Sugar
3 Tablespoons Coffee Grounds
5 Teaspoon Almond Oil
5 Teaspoon Jojoba Oil
2 Teaspoon Honey
1 Teaspoon Vitamin E
1 Teaspoon Vanilla
Coffee Body Scrub
2 cups of Coffee Grounds
2 cups of Grated Carrots
2 Tablespoons Cornmeal
Coffee Body Scrub
1 Cup Fresh Carrots
3/4 Cup Coffee Ground
3 Tablespoons Spa Facial Clay
1 Teaspoon Water
Few drop of extract oil
Coffee Body Scrub
1 Tablespoon Dry Coffee Ground
1/4 Cup Brown Sugar
6 Coarsely Grind Hazelnuts
2 Teaspoons Almond Oil
2 Teaspoons Jojoba Oil
2 Teaspoons Olive Oil
Few drops of Orange Essential Oil

Blend them together to make a thick paste and massage, in an upright
motion in the shower, then rinse off thoroughly.
 Chapter Three
Coffee for Facials
Coffee Scrub for face or body:
3 Tablespoons Moist Coffee Grounds
1 Teaspoon Olive Oil
(Grape seed oil or sunflower seed oil)
1/3 Teaspoon Honey
Mix these three items together in a bowl and let sit for 5-10 minutes.
Apply to your face in slow, circular motions like a face scrub over the
sink. Then rinse it off thoroughly with warm water.
Coffee Facial Mask
1 Tablespoon Coffee Grounds
3 Plums Fruit
1 Teaspoon Honey
Blend it in the bowl than scrub it to your face. Rinse your face thoroughly
after letting it air dry for about 10 minutes.
Coffee Facial Mask will tighten pores and remove oil while add moisture
to your skin.
2 Tablespoons Ground Coffee
2 Tablespoons Cocoa Powder
3 Tablespoons Milk (whole), Heavy Cream or Yogurt
1 Tablespoon Honey
Massage this mask into your skin and allow the mask to dry for 15-20
minutes. Then rinse it off thoroughly.
Coffee Facial Mask
1/2 Cup Coffee Ground
1 Cup Green Clay
4 drops Mint or Lavender Essential Oils
Note: 1 tablespoon of mixture to two tablespoons of water, apply on your
face and rinse thoroughly.
Coffee Facial Mask for Normal Skin
1/4 Cup of Coffee Grounds
1 Egg White
Mix together then massage into face. Let air dry about 20 minutes to 30
minutes. Rinse off with cold water.
Coffee Facial Scrub
2 to 4 Tablespoons Ground Coffee
1 Tablespoon Dead Sea Salt
3 to 4 Tablespoons of Whole Cream
Mix until a thick paste. Massage the face mask in an upward circular
motion for two to three minutes, then rinse it off thoroughly.
Coffee Facial Mask to help heal acne
2 Tablespoons Coffee Grounds
1/2 Cup Mashed Avocado
Smooth over you face and wait 20 minutes to 30 minutes to let it dry, then
rinse it off thoroughly over a garbage disposal or into a bowl with warm
water.
 Chapter Four
Cellulite Reducer
Cellulite Reducer
1/2 Cup Sugar or Sea Salt
2 Cups Coffee Grounds
2 Tablespoons Olive Oil
Option: 3 Tablespoons Honey
Cellulite Reducer
1/2 Cup of Cool Ground Coffee
2 Cups English Clay Powder (green clay)
1/4 Cup of Aloe Vera Juice
25 Drops of Ginkgo Biloba Oil
6 cups of Dead Sea Mud
Cellulite Reducer
1/2 Cup Warm Wet Ground Coffee
1 Tablespoon Wine
1 Tablespoon Tincture
1 Tablespoon Sea Salt
1-4 drops of Ginger Extract and Seaweed Extract
Scrub for 10 minutes twice a week and wash in the shower.
Cellulite Reducer
1/2 Cup Coffee Grounds
1/4 Brown Sugar
Olive Oil
Rub on Olive Oil to problem area before you rub on the mixture of
coffee/brown sugar. Massage for about 5 minutes to 10 minutes then rinse
off thoroughly.
Cellulite Reducer
1/4 Cup Warm Wet Grounds Coffee
1 Tablespoon Olive Oil (Mineral Oil, Plain Oil or Baby Oil)
Mix the ingredients together. Heat in microwave for about 10 second,
apply it on the cellulite area, wrap with plastic wrap then wait 15 to 20
minutes. Unwrap to brush off grounds and shower. It’s most effective
when repeated daily for a week than change to two to three times a week
for a couple of months. Also, you could use it as a body scrub.
 Chapter Five
Other Personal Uses
Coffee Eye Mask
3 Tablespoon Clay Powder
2 Tablespoons of Ground Coffee
1 Tablespoon Honey
1/4 Teaspoon Aloe Vera
1/4 Teaspoon Vitamin E Oil
Coffee Body Lotion
1/2 Cup Cocoa Butter
1/2 Cup Emulsifying Wax
1/2 Olive Oil
Melting them in a bowl in the microwave then transfer it in a bottle or jar
Add ½ cup of hot coffee while the mixture is still warm
Apply to the area and massage gently. Wait 20 minutes to 30 minutes then
wash it off with lukewarm water.
Coffee Body Lotion
Use your store-bought body-wash or lotion and add coffee grounds to make a quick and
easy body scrub. 2 handfuls of coffee grounds to 2 tablespoons of lotion/body wash.
Shower Scrub
Fill a muslin bag with coffee grounds and tie it and use as an all over scrub in the shower.
Soften and Shine Hair
If you have dark hair, use this as a conditioning treatment. If used for bleached or light
hair it may darken the color. Massage coffee grounds into wet hair. The grounds will help
to prevent dandruff and good to remove any product build-up. Rinse thoroughly in the
shower.
Or brew used coffee, massage the cooled down coffee water into your dry hair while in the
shower, then rinse it off thoroughly.

 Chapter Six
Use Coffee Grounds Outside Your Home
Improve Your Garden with Coffee Grounds
Nourish your houseplants and garden the natural way. Mulch some coffee grounds for
acidic plants such as tomatoes, carrots, roses, blueberries, azaleas, rhododendrons,
evergreens, hydrangeas and camellias. Work into the top inch or two of soil of the plants.
They like coffee grounds for the natural acidity and nutrients they add to the soil. Also,
this would help to keep down weeds.
To encourage carrots to grow, mix seeds with dried coffee grounds before sowing into the
soil. The extra bulk makes the seeds easier to manage while the coffee nourishes the soil
and repels pests.
To grow mushrooms, put coffee grounds in a glass container and press a mushroom plug
into them and repeat until you run out of room. The cellulose in the coffee grounds are
material most fungi thrive on, which is good for mushrooms.
To keep pests out of your garden, sprinkle coffee grounds around the area of the
infestation to keep pests at bay. You could also place the coffee grounds directly on
mounds or trails, around house border and garden plants to repel ants, snails, slugs.
Reapply after vacuuming and mopping, or after a rain. But you have to use a LOT of
coffee grounds for it to be effective against snails and slugs.
To improve your worms count for your compost just add a couple of worms or two to your
container plants and coffee grounds. 1 tablespoon of grounds coffee for each inch of pot
once a month is a great addition to your plants. The grounds offer compost, acidity and
food for the worms. You could also toss in the coffee filter too in the compost pile. Also,
take a coffee ground with soil and worms with you when you go fishing to keep the bait
worms alive all day.
Feed the Animals
You can feed coffee grounds to cows, chicken and pigs as a stock feed supplement.
Fertilizer Mist
Make a homemade fertilizer mist for your garden by adding 1/2 cup of grounds coffee and
warm water in a spray bottle.
Remove Odors
Scrub your hands with some coffee grounds after chopping stinky food to remove food
odors and leave your hands feeling smooth, and soft. Turn one of your shaker containers
to a dried coffee ground shaker, so it could be within arm reach around the sink.
Keep Fleas Away
For Dog Keep Fleas away and add a nice shine to your dog/puppies fur by massaging
coffee grounds with some water into your furry friends and rinse thoroughly.
Cat Repellents for the garden
Keep kitties out of the garden and/or indoor houseplants. Just make a mixture of orange
peels and used coffee grounds then distributed around plants. Also, few tablespoons of
coffee ground your plants would work fine too. But be careful when you have
dogs/puppies because they would dig up the garden and get themselves very sick on
coffee grounds. So put in area where the dogs are not attracted to or have your garden
fenced off.
Driveway Clean-Up
To soak up spills in your driveway like oil or gasoline, use dried coffee grounds. It can
also soak up spilled shellac and paints too.
For Your Vehicle
A soft cloth with 1 tablespoon coffee grounds and lather with your regular washing
solution to remove bugs and tar off your vehicle.
Charcoal Pit
Dry coffee grounds burns hotter than charcoal, so use it when you run out of charcoal.
Watch food more closely when you cook while using dry coffee grounds.
Melt Ice during Winter Time
Come winter, use the grounds to help melt ice on your driveway; walkway and outside
stairs to create make it slushy enough to be removed with a shovel. They don’t damage
soil the way salt does. Also, it helps to create traction on slippery surface.
 Chapter Seven
Coffee for Food
Coffee Granitas
Steep the grounds again, strain, and add some sugar and salt, then freeze to make a frozen
coffee drink. The extra steeping, freezing, and added condiments make the granitas taste
as good as if you used fresh-brewed coffee.
Meat Tenderizer
Soak meat in coffee to tenderize and for an interesting added flavor. The acid in the coffee
grounds help break down tough muscle fibers in meat cuts.
Chocolate Cake/Brownies Flavored
Add coffee grounds to give the cake an interesting texture and flavor.
 Chapter Eight
Coffee Grounds around Your House
Simplify Cleaning Dish and Cookware
For ovens, grills, greasy pots and pans, rub some coffee grounds onto dirty cookware
using a scouring pad. The added abrasion will help to remove food remnants off your
dishes/cookware without a lot of elbow grease and harsh chemical cleaners. Don’t try this
on non-stick pans as the coffee grounds can damage the finish. Also it can be used to clean
surfaces as well with dry coffee grounds and sponge. Just test a small area for
colorfastness before cleaning the entire surface.
Keep Black-Black
Brew ten cups of used ground coffee then pour the liquid coffee without the grounds into
the washing machine with a load of black colored clothing.
Simplify Fireplace Cleaning
To reduce the mess of cleaning your fireplace, sprinkle it with a layer of damp, used coffee
grounds over the cooled ash, which will weigh down the ash and it will be easier to
remove the clouds of smoky dust. You sweep each interior wall top to bottom with
fireplace brush then shovel the ashes into a pan and dump into the trash. Another thing is
to add the ash and coffee grounds to the garden. Ash has alkaline in it which is good for
soil that is lower in pH 7.0. Do not add to your compost.
Deodorize Your House
• In a small food container or open cup, filled with dried coffee grounds and place
in the fridge. Be careful to tightly wrap everything that could absorb the coffee smell. Add
a few drops of vanilla to coffee grounds to have the fridge smell like vanilla.
• Pour the dried coffee ground into a satchel made from old nylons and hang this
recycled deodorizer in your closet to neutralize the soggy stink.
• Wrap up 1 cup of coffee grounds with a couple of drop of vanilla extract in a
cheesecloth and hang it up in your closet or other area of your house to deodorize those
area.
• Fill an old baby sock or tea bag with dried, used coffee grounds and place inside
shoes to eliminate odors. You could also sprinkle dry coffee grounds into your shoes then
let it sit overnight and shake the grounds out over a trashcan in the morning.
• Use coffee grounds as abrasive cleaner, but be careful of any that might stain
while cleaning. So try a small area before you do the whole thing.
• For overwhelming stench place metal coffee can inside an old cooking pot. Place
this on top of scrap 2-by-4 to protect the floor. Add 1 to 2 cup of coffee grounds into the
can and ignite it by by burning paper into the can. Leave the room and make sure it’s
sealed off. The smoke from the coffee grounds will neutralize the odors so you can clean
the room. When the smoke is clear, you can go in.
• To unclog and remove odor in the kitchen drain, boil a cup of coffee grounds in a
pot of water then pour the entire hot mixture down the drain. Then followed by another 3
cups of boiled hot water to get the grounds through the drain.
• Minimize smoke odors by adding coffee grounds to your ash trays to mask the
odors from cigarettes and cigars.
Remove Strong Smells
For overwhelming stenches, place metal coffee can inside an old cooking pot. Place this
on top of scrap 2-by-4 to protect the floor. Add 1 to 2 cup of coffee grounds into the can
and ignite it by burning paper into the can. Leave the room and make sure it’s sealed off.
The smoke from the coffee grounds will neutralize the odors so you can clean the room.
When the smoke is clear, you can go in.
To unclog and remove order in the kitchen drain Boil a cup of coffee grounds in a pot of
water then pour the entire hot mixture down the drain. Than followed by another 3 cup
boiled hot water to get the grounds through the drain.
To minimize smoke odors by adding coffee grounds in your ash trays to mask the odors
from cigarettes and cigars.
 Chapter Nine
Coffee for Art
Make a Dye out of used coffee grounds
You steep the used coffee grounds in hot water for 10 minutes or until the water turns to a
medium-brown color. Then remove the grounds with a mesh strainer, reserving your dye
for later use.
Use it for…
• Easter eggs by leaving them in the dye jar for a period of time until it reached
your desired intensity of color. You could also simmer coffee grounds in a sauce pot, then
place boiled eggs in the dye water, turning occasionally until you get your desired color.
• Fabric - Measure the liquid to add vinegar to fixative the fabric, so it’s 1 cup
vinegar to 4 cup dye water. Leave the vinegar out until you are ready to set your color
fabric. Boil the coffee dye and when is full boil turn off the heat as soon as the coffee
reaches a full boil. After the coffee stopped bubbling, submerge your fabric in the coffee
dye and leave it in there for anywhere from 20 minutes to one hour. Stir it around a bit
with a wooden spoon. Use your hairdryer to check it color on the fabric. If not to your
desired color than return it to the dye bath. When ready to set your fabric, add the vinegar
and leave the fabric sit for 5 minutes. Remove the fabric and rinse it with cold water.
Never use bleach on the fabric.
• 1/4 cup used coffee ground with 2 cups hot water for five minutes in a pan and
quickly dip paper in the dye and let it dry before crafting. You could also dip crumpled up
paper and flatten the paper to let it dry.
• Cover up scratches on wood furniture with a cotton swab and some dab of the
coffee dye then dab on the scratches. You could make a paste with a small amount of
coffee grounds with warm water then rub the paste over the scratch, and wipe it off with a
towel.
• Homemade Temp-Tattoos by mixing the dye with henna to create a brown henna
tattoo dye. Or you could add the coffee ground to the henna, but it would take a while to
wash them off.
Pin Cushion
Use dried coffee grounds as pin cushion filler
Art Project
Use the dried coffee grounds as dirt, tree limbs and beards for art project with glue. It does
get a little messy, so have a newspaper underneath the art project.
 Conclusion

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think about what you are planning to do with those coffee grounds.

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 Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter One - Getting Started with Coffee Ground
Chapter Two - Homemade Coffee Scrubs
Chapter Three - Coffee for Facial
Chapter Four - Cellulite Reducer
Chapter Five - Other Personal Use
Chapter Six - Use Coffee Grounds Outside Your Home
Chapter Seven - Coffee for Food
Chapter Eight - Coffee Grounds around Your House
Chapter Nine - Coffee for Art
Conclusion