From the cup straight to cleaning, the garden and even your skin
It is official: Coffee does not only live in your colander or in your cup. If you thought the coffee cycle ended up in the last joke, get ready to rethink everything and give a new sense to the coffee grounds.
That leftover drank in the filter, often discarded without ceremony, can be a true hidden treasure – versatile, ecological and full of everyday use.
The truth is that coffee, national passion and guaranteed presence at Brazilian breakfast tables at dinner, can also become an ally in cleaning the house, care with the body and even plant cultivation. And the best? It’s sustainable, practical and for free (after all, you’re going to play away!).
Check out 6 of the coffee grounds that will revolutionize your routine!
6 ways to use the used coffee grounds (do not throw more outside)
1. Ink naturally
Do you know that white paper you want to make with old map face? Or that furniture that needs a rustic charm?
Make a well -concentrated infusion with the sludge and use it as paint. It also serves to dye fabrics and create manual arts with a vintage touch.
2. Heavy cleaning
The coffee grounds is slightly abrasive and perfect for removing remains of food stuck in pans, shapes and frying pan.
Just mix with a little water and rub with a sponge. Only attention to sensitive utensils to avoid risk.
3.
Furniture with scratches? Moisten a cotton swab on the coffee grounds and apply directly to the risks.
Then wipe with a dry cloth. The wood absorbs the pigment and the scratches disappear as magic.
4. Natural exfoliator
Your skin can also benefit. Mix the drank with coconut or water oil and apply to the damp skin, massaging gently. Removes dead cells and makes everything softer. Just be careful with more sensitive skin!
5. odor neutralizer
Strange smell in the fridge or in the trash? Put the dry sludge in an open and ready pot: it will absorb the odors and even leave that coffee aroma in the air.
6. Plants fertilizer
Gardening with caffeine! The sludge improves drainage, helps maintain moisture and provides nutrients to the ground.
But beware: use in moderation so as not to change the pH of the land.
In the end, the coffee grounds is like that multitasking friend – useful in almost everything. And now that you know, you’ll look at your colander with other eyes, right?
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