Unusual Uses For Coffee
By Anna
@LadyDuck (472087)
Switzerland
January 20, 2016 8:34am CST
I know that many myLotters are coffee lovers.
Anyway, even those who do not drink coffee, should know that coffee has also other uses.
1. It fights cellulite
Most of the pricey creams contain caffeine. Make your very inexpensive cream at home mixing 1 cup of coffee grounds with 3 tablespoon of coconut oil. Use the mix to rub your skin for some minutes and rinse.
2. Hair
To have healthy and shiny hair, brew a pot of coffee (strong) and let it cool.
Apply the cold coffee on clean hair. Wait 15 to 20 minutes and rinse. Repeat every 7 to 10 days.
3. Fertilizer
Sprinkle used ground coffee near the roots of acid loving plants, such as blueberries, rhododendrons, gardenia, they will grow healthy.
Other uses:
kill the fridge odors, remove the smell on your hands, repel fleas, remove stains and scratches from dark wood.
Anything else you can share?
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@garymarsh6 (23404)
• United Kingdom
20 Jan 16
Some useful tips there Anna. I love coffee as you know especially Italian!
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@LadyDuck (472087)
• Switzerland
21 Jan 16
@ivyparkgirl I have it every day, I am Italian and I have an espresso machine at home. This is how we like coffee.
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@garymarsh6 (23404)
• United Kingdom
21 Jan 16
@ivyparkgirl I wonder do you have starbucks or Costa? That would be a 'little' like Italian coffee.
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@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
20 Jan 16
Do you mean,I can have more reasons to have coffee? I love it anyways.
My cousin used coffee to add more darkness on the Henna she put on her hands during her wedding. It added redness and deepened the color. I did use it (after this) on my hair once, and they turned Tan (reddish brown) - maybe because I used same process with henna for my hair. So I have not attempted it again.
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@sherryericha (1806)
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
21 Jan 16
@topffer I saw something last week about using Coke to clean the toilet. Ugghh
@Marilynda1225 (83103)
• United States
20 Jan 16
Good uses for coffee but I'll pass on the hair one
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@LadyDuck (472087)
• Switzerland
21 Jan 16
@whiteream My niece has dark hair, she tried and the hair were soft and shiny. I have not tried myself because my hair are medium blonde.
@whiteream (8567)
• United States
21 Jan 16
@LadyDuck I have black hair so. I wonder if it would work. I am going to have to try it and let you know what happens. I am always up for trying new things as long as they are not harmful.
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@LadyDuck (472087)
• Switzerland
21 Jan 16
@ivyparkgirl It's dried papaya reduced in power to use as meat tenderizer. I bought it in the United States.
@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
21 Jan 16
@ivyparkgirl Sorry to hear that, but anyway you can still use coffee beans in other household purposes just as Anna has suggested above.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
20 Jan 16
I don't know how coffee can remove smells as it has such as strong smell. I know about the garden uses.
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
20 Jan 16
I have never bought or consumed coffee. I do not like the flavor, never have. I was told it is an "acquired" taste. I do not understand the concept. If something tastes bad, I do not try it a second time. Why would I? There are so many things that taste good.
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
20 Jan 16
@LadyDuck I have been trying to force myself to drink green tea for the anti-inflammatory benefits. Even with lemon, it does not taste good to me, but this way at least it isn't foul tasting.
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@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
5 Jul 16
I use coffee to pick up unsuspecting ladies in the coffee shop that I frequent. The line 'Let me put a coffee collar in your drink, you don't want to burn your lovely hands. By the way, I know the person that invented the coffee collar.' always works!
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@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
6 Jul 16
@LadyDuck from Made of Honor of course!
Tom Bailey, Jr is the man. More so Thomas Bailey, Sr!
Oh, Anna!
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
21 Jan 16
I hate the taste of coffee - good to see it has other uses than drinking though
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
21 Jan 16
@LadyDuck no oddly I can't stand tea either
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@LadyDuck (472087)
• Switzerland
21 Jan 16
@arthurchappell I think to remember that you like a good ale, I like it too.
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
20 Jan 16
I always put coffee grounds down my garbage disposal in the sink. It clears any odors. I do also use it for the body scrub.
I read of some coffee home made soap the other day too Anna.
Coffee has such a pleasing aroma.
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
20 Jan 16
@LadyDuck I should do that too Anna, but at the moment, I must make due with what I have.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
20 Jan 16
I like the idea of coffee grounds used outside, I shall have to try that.
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@LadyDuck (472087)
• Switzerland
21 Jan 16
@Jessicalynnt I also try to recycle. The water used to boil the vegetables is also a good fertilizer.
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
21 Jan 16
@LadyDuck I like not throwing away stuff with another use, like water, I water flowers, or toss leftover water from glasses in the dogs bowl or something, rather than down the drain with it
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
24 Jan 16
There's value in using coffee, or caffeine shampoo, on your hair, apparently:
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