Stop Throwing Away Your Old Coffee Grounds Immediately! Here Are 15 Surprising Ideas To Reuse Them!

((How to reuse your coffee grounds))

I always start my day with a good hot cup of coffee! Or two! I brew my coffee at home and like to drink it with a bit of milk. 

But no matter how you drink yours or how often, you should know what you can do to reuse your coffee grounds. 

Let's be honest, we don't do it for the very minimal environmental impact, but because they are useful on many levels!

1. Use them as fertilizer

Coffee grounds are good fertilizer substitutes that help facilitate drainage and water retention in the soil. Moreover, worms love to eat the coffee grounds. By the way, worms leave nutrients for the plants. It's what we call a win-win relationship. 

2. Keep all those pests away

Cats, slugs, and snails seek to avoid coffee grounds. If you sprinkle some around the house and in the garden, you'll be able to repel these nuisances.

((3. Carrots love coffee))

Mix coffee with carrot seeds and you’ll see you will have bigger and better-tasting carrots. 

4. Compost

If you don't want to use the coffee grounds as fertilizer, you can at least compost them! 

5. Get rid of grease and grime

Yes, coffee grounds can help remove grime and grease from your worst pots and pans!

((6. Fridge smells bad?))

Remove bad odors from your refrigerator by drying coffee grounds and placing them in an open container on one of the shelves.

7. Sink smells?

If your sink releases unpleasant odors, use the coffee grounds as a natural deodorizer. 

8. Remove onion smell from your hands 

Rub the coffee grounds in your hands like soap and rinse. It will eliminate all food odors like onion and garlic. You'll also see that this trick softens the hands! 

((9. Hide scratches on dark wood furniture))

If you have scratches on your wooden furniture, coffee grounds can be used to help reduce their appearance.

10. Easier-to-clean ashes in the fireplace

If you have a fireplace, you've surely faced the ash that flies up when you try to scoop it up. Next time, sprinkle coffee grounds in the fireplace to make cleaning easier.

11. Deodorizer

If you like the smell of coffee, use the coffee grounds to recreate the same smell at home. 

((12. Coffee candle))

You can melt a candle and add coffee grounds to make a coffee-scented candle. 

13. Treat your skin

You can soften your skin by creating a homemade coffee body scrub. 

14. Coffee-colored hair

Massage the coffee grounds into your hair while washing it to help make your hair sleek and shiny. This is recommended only for brunettes and people with grey hair.

15. Reduce cellulite

You can create a paste to counter the effects of cellulite using recycled and fresh coffee grounds along with peppermint essential oil. More details in the video below: