What is the use of coffee grounds? Can the coffee grounds be put directly on the flowerpot / on the dark circles on the face?

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I don't know when coffee grounds suddenly became "hard currency".

Coffee grounds, originally regarded as garbage, suddenly became an "omnipotent" treasure, and many netizens posted on social platforms to share the usage of coffee grounds.

Among them, the most popular usage is planting flowers, applying face edema, bathing exfoliation/achieving weight loss effect... How is the little partner who follows now?

"I planted flowers with coffee grounds, but the flowers died…

"After the coffee grounds were applied to my face, it was red and swollen for a long time..."

"Bathing with coffee grounds for a week, the sewer is blocked."

See here, some friends may have to stand up and say: "Obviously everyone is recommending the use of these coffee grounds!" Why can't it work in my hands?" Because! Online tutorials are in a lot of people are pit! Especially coffee grounds apply face, coffee grounds bath, caffeine can penetrate into the blood vessels, to eliminate edema, so that fat excited to achieve weight loss effect... really can be said to be nonsense do not have to pay "Why do we suddenly pay attention to coffee grounds?" At first, Starbucks suggested that coffee grounds could be reused. The reason is that each Starbucks can produce about 10 kilograms of coffee grounds every day. It feels a little wasteful to throw them away directly! In response to environmental concerns, Starbucks stores around the world began offering free coffee grounds and suggested that coffee grounds be fermented and mixed with soil to fertilize nitride-loving plants and most seasonal plants.

At the same time, it is also recommended that everyone use to remove odors, wash dishes, keep cats away from certain areas, etc. It is also recommended that everyone use coffee grounds to apply eyes, which can promote blood circulation. It was also from this time that everyone began to pay attention to the reuse of coffee grounds. As coffee has become more popular, environmental researchers around the world have been trying to promote environmentally friendly uses of coffee grounds over the years, such as: turning into fuel, turning into cloth to make clothes and shoes, and making cups, furniture, etc.

Without exception, they all expressed the view that "coffee grounds are omnipotent, it's a pity that everyone throws them away", so more and more people began to pay attention to coffee grounds. How unreliable is the Internet's popular coffee grounds usage? After everyone got the coffee grounds and could be reused, they followed the usage proposed by Starbucks. However, there were also many people who missed the key points! For example, coffee grounds need to be fermented before they can be used as fertilizer, and not all plants are suitable for coffee grounds fertilizer. Then, he took the coffee grounds home and randomly found a potted plant. Then, he sprinkled coffee grounds on the surface of the soil and took a photo. The coffee leaves are beautiful! The sisters rushed to the text: "The role of coffee grounds: xxxxxxx... how to use coffee grounds to raise flowers?" xxxxx "and press Enter.

In fact, these sharing netizens really pure writing, perhaps in a few days flowers will be elected. Because coffee grounds began to ferment in the soil, acidic substances, mold and so on to the roots of the plant to rot, but also attract a lot of small flying insects.

To really use coffee grounds for plant fertilization, it is necessary to use special compost bacteria for proper fermentation, and then mix a small amount into the soil to provide nitrogen nutrients for plants, but only suitable for plants that like acidic soil. "Coffee grounds to dark circles","coffee grounds apply to the face","coffee grounds bath can lose weight","this is what Starbucks said!" A friend stood up and said. Starbucks wrote coffee grounds wonderful usage of the young man may not have done experiments at that time, may like many netizens think coffee has caffeine, and caffeine has the effect of promoting blood circulation, so wrote such a suggestion. Caffeine does have this effect, but you have to drink it! Caffeine dilates blood vessels in the body, allowing more blood to flow through them to increase blood flow. Apply directly around the eyes, is not up to caffeine to help eliminate dark circles.

And apply face eliminate dropsy, saying is also not feasible, or that sentence "drink!" Caffeine into the body will increase the perfusion of the kidney, through the kidney will increase the water excretion, then you can achieve a diuretic, eliminate edema purpose. And apply for a long time, the color of coffee grounds attached, will face yellow!! The same is true of bathing to lose weight. Even if caffeine does penetrate directly into the skin and achieve its effect, the caffeine content of the brewed coffee grounds is very low and does not make much sense.

Some friends will also use coffee grounds taken back from the coffee shop directly applied to the eyes, face, coffee grounds in the exposed environment for how long no one knows, coffee grounds in the stacking process produced how many bacteria no one knows, directly applied to the skin really big heart...

"Directly put the refrigerator, shoe cabinet, pet nest next to the smell" this method is currently reliable. Because coffee grounds have a porous structure, which allows it to have the same adsorption capacity as activated carbon, it makes sense to use coffee grounds for odor absorption. But the coffee grounds must be dried first!

Especially when stored in these unventilated environments in the shoe cabinet, if the coffee grounds themselves contain moisture, they are easy to rot and mold, and improper handling will bring negative effects. If you don't want to dry it, you must replace it in time ~

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