9 Genius Ways to Reuse #CoffeeGrounds Around the House

Here's how to put used coffee grounds to good use around your home and garden.

By Claire Hoppe Norgaard
Published on November 24, 2025

"After enjoying your morning cup of coffee (or two), stop before tossing the used coffee grounds in the trash. Used coffee grounds, also called spent grounds, are a valuable material for home and garden #DIYs. From cleaning to crafting, spent coffee grounds are capable of much more after making a pot of coffee. Keep reading to learn our favorite easy ways to reuse coffee grounds around the house and outdoors."

Read more:
https://www.bhg.com/ways-to-reuse-coffee-grounds-11852091

#SolarPunkSunday #Composting #NaturalDyes #FoodWaste #ZeroWaste

The faint lingering oder of #coffee might be a good selling point in a new house-

Scientists Discovered an Amazing Practical Use For #CoffeeGrounds
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/scientists-discovered-amazing-practical-coffee-222204605.html

#recycle #reuse #construction #housing # environment #creativity!

How Using #CoffeeGrounds Can Help You Grow Healthier #Plants, According to a #Garden Expert

https://www.veranda.com/outdoor-garden/a65356961/using-coffee-grounds-for-plants/

Woman #divorces husband after #ChatGPT reads his #coffeegrounds and predicts #affair

https://www.techspot.com/news/107925-woman-divorces-husband-after-chatgpt-reads-coffee-grounds.html

10 Surprising Ways to Use #CoffeeGrounds Around the #House

https://www.marthastewart.com/surprising-uses-for-coffee-grounds-11728042

Am looking at adding #CoffeeGrounds to my #Compost.

I've seen a 20:1 carbon:nitrogen figure.
Which is about lawn clippings.
And so more nitrogen would help.

Which is where urine would come in.
Not turning up on the search engines.

I know that urine is a popular #CompostActivator among the au fai.

But wondering if anyone else has tried specifically urine + coffee grounds.

I'm also getting great fungus growing on the cakes. Maybe let that work and then compost?

Even cement likes coffee

Organic products like coffee grounds can't be added directly to concrete because they leak chemicals that weaken the building material's strength. So using low energy levels the team heated coffee waste to over 350 °C (around 660 °F) while depriving it of oxygen.

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discovered-an-amazing-practical-use-for-our-leftover-coffee-grounds

#cement
#CoffeeGrounds
#biochar
#sustainability