Interesting Uses For Leftover Coffee
By celticeagle
@celticeagle (159650)
Boise, Idaho
April 21, 2017 8:58am CST
Many of us love our coffee in the morning. It is said that on average Americans spend about $1100 per year on coffee. Do you ever leave some unused coffee in the pot? Here are some unusual ideas on how utilize that leftover coffee instead of pouring it down the drain.
1. Season your chili. You can add a new and different depth of flavor to a pot of chili.
2. Make coffee ice cubes. Pour leftover coffee into a ice cube tray and use them for iced coffee.
3. Feed plants. Acid loving plants such as tomatoes can get an occasional boost when you water the plant with coffee instead of water.
4. Use for crafts. You can create coffee-dyed paper by staining the paper or fabric. Soak these in leftover coffee for a nice, earthy mocha coloring.
5. Scratched furniture repair. Reduce coffee by one half by simmering for awhile. Rub this on scratched dark wood and wipe away the excess with a rag.
6. Flavor brownies, oatmeal, cocoa or frosting by replacing all or part of the milk with leftover coffee.
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11 responses
@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
21 Apr 17
These last few months I have just been using instant coffee, but prefer the grounds. However, for some reason I no longer am buying it.
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@celticeagle (159650)
• Boise, Idaho
21 Apr 17
We have been using instant. I like the flavor better than the grounds.
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@celticeagle (159650)
• Boise, Idaho
22 Apr 17
@TiarasOceanView .....Cami is always being given something by these foreigners that won't use stuff. She had a regular coffee maker and one that makes just one cup.
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
21 Apr 17
@celticeagle Yeah I don't even have a coffee maker anymore, they all broke.
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@celticeagle (159650)
• Boise, Idaho
21 Apr 17
Coffee grounds, potato skins and egg shells make for good fertilizer water.
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@HazySue (39264)
• Gouverneur, New York
22 Apr 17
@celticeagle I'll have to try them. That would be great for my garden.
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@PatZAnthony (14752)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
22 Apr 17
We are not big coffee drinkers here but do use leftover grounds when there are some to discourage insects in the yard.
Can't say how we learned to do this, but the ants move when the coffee grounds hit the ground and don't return.
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@celticeagle (159650)
• Boise, Idaho
22 Apr 17
I used to use coffee grounds in another apartment when we had ants. Good deterrent.
@Tampa_girl7 (49167)
• United States
22 Apr 17
I think that I will try the coffee in the chili 
sounds interesting.
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@manasamanu (3746)
• Bangalore, India
21 Apr 17
That's a lot of things with one cup of coffee
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
21 Apr 17
Some of those I think would work...no leftover coffee, I use Keurig.
I only drink hot coffee so no ice cubes for me.
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@paigea (35775)
• Canada
21 Apr 17
I have used it in brownies/cakes. In the summer I used to add instant coffee to the leftover coffee and pour it over ice. So, I would like your ice cube idea! I like very strong coffee and my husband doesn't so we bought a Kurig and a French press. So we each make a cup of coffee the way we prefer and drink it. We never have left over coffee any more.
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@celticeagle (159650)
• Boise, Idaho
21 Apr 17
I have too. I like the flavor it gives to chocolate. I like instant coffee a lot. Less leftovers is a good thing. I don't care for strong coffee and I like the flavor of instant.
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@Courtlynn (66918)
• United States
21 Apr 17
No coffee drinking here, but good information.
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