Seven practical tips for turning coffee grounds waste into gold

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Coffee is already a favorite drink of modern people, and many people have to drink a cup every day, otherwise there will be something to lose, and because brewing utensils are becoming more and more popular, many people will buy coffee beans home, grind and brew their own coffee, and it is not difficult to get the source of coffee grounds. Whether it is cooked at home or directly from the coffee shop, and it is indeed quite useful, waste can also be turned into gold if it is well used.

The use of coffee grounds is really too much than imagined, not only can remove odor, but also can receive a good deodorization, dehumidification effect! Mainly because coffee grounds are like activated carbon, there are countless pores that can absorb moisture and odors in the air. But please remember, coffee grounds must be dried before use, if urgent use can be put in the microwave oven or oven to dry, if it is not dried in advance, it is easy to mildew.

TIPS: coffee grounds should be dried before use

Here are some of the wonderful uses of coffee grounds:

1. Eliminate odor

Coffee grounds can often be seen in ashtrays on the outdoor tables of shops, which can not only be used to extinguish cigarette butts, but also reduce the stench emitted by cigarette ash in the air. And the pots commonly used by housewives will smell more or less oily after cooking for a long time, then stir-fry the wet coffee grounds in the pot until dry, you can remove the smell from the pot. Similarly, after the coffee grounds are dried in the sun, put them into the shoe cabinet in the container, which can not only dehumidify, but also eliminate the peculiar smell.

two。 As a floor waxing agent

The coffee grounds are dried and loaded into stockings to polish the floor, which can achieve the effect of waxing and make the floor very bright.

3. Remove grease and clean

This is also a good helper for housewives. Pour coffee grounds into the sink and wash them with water to remove the stinky and greasy smell from the drain. It can also be mixed with hand sanitizer, and the active carbon factor in coffee grounds can help remove dirt and bacteria that you can't see on your hands.

4. Home dehumidification

Put the sun-dried coffee grounds in a well-ventilated place that is easy to damp, such as wardrobes, shoe cabinets and corners of the home. Replace them every day or two, but remember to dry them first to avoid mildew.

5. Potted fertilizer

Coffee grounds are very nutritious fertilizer because they contain a lot of nitrogen. When it is used as potted fertilizer, you don't have to dry it specially. You just need to pour the cold coffee grounds on top of the cultivated soil of potted plants to achieve the effect of fertilization. If you mix some bean dregs or rice bran or chicken dung in the coffee grounds as organic fertilizer, the effect will be better.

6. Maintenance articles

Wrap the coffee grounds in old stockings and sew on the outside with flower cloth or a beautiful cover bag, which can be used as a needle insert, which can also prevent the sewing needle from rusting. If you have brass wares at home, you can also wrap fresh coffee grounds in cloth and wipe them for maintenance. However, the surface of brass wares can not be treated, such as painting and electroplating, otherwise its original surface will be destroyed.

7. Beauty maintenance

Massage the skin with coffee grounds, just like exfoliating scrub, especially in the thigh, abdomen and hip circumference where it is easy to hoard fat, you can massage with coffee grounds to remove fat by the way, while taking a bath and shower while massage to remove fat, to achieve a skin-tightening and exfoliating beauty maintenance effect.

After reading the various uses of coffee grounds that we have shared above, do you think it is too practical? although coffee grounds seem to be only the waste from the extraction of coffee, if you make good use of them, it is simply a good thing to add a little bit to life!