The use of coffee in everyday life - what can you do with your own hands from coffee beans and grounds?

The use of coffee in everyday life is not limited to the preparation of a tasty and aromatic drink. Whole grains are used for decorative purposes, ground grains - as a flavoring agent, and the thick, which remains after brewing, perfectly performs the role of an abrasive. However, this is by no means an exhaustive list of ways to use coffee in the household.

What can be made from coffee beans?

Coffee beans are an ideal material for creativity. They do not harm health and do not poison the air with toxins, they are beautiful in themselves, and if necessary they can easily be stained. The scope of their application is limited only by imagination.

Picture

Even someone who does not know how to draw can make a picture of coffee beans. The secret is simple - the image is first printed on a printer, and coffee is glued on top of the paint. At the same time, it is not necessary to cover the entire canvas with grains - they are placed only where dark areas are present. For example, if this is a portrait, then only hair, eyebrows, eyes, lips and nose overlap. Where thin lines are needed, it is impractical to use whole grains, so they are crushed with a hammer.

Topiary

Topiary is a small tree (usually up to 20-30 cm tall) made of decorative materials. At the same time, it does not have to have a direct resemblance to a tree - for example, topiaries are often found in the form of a ball or heart.

To create it, you will need such tools and materials:

• newspaper or toilet paper;
• a small pot or cup for the stand;
• alabaster and water;
• awl;
• stick (strong enough to support the weight of the top of the topiary, it can be a kebab skewer);
• jewelry - optional (colored beads, ribbons or something else);
• quick setting glue;
• coffee beans;
• PVA glue;
• glue brush;
• disposable plastic or paper cup.

1. A piece of newspaper is crumpled in your hands to make a small ball.
2. In a glass, dilute PVA glue in half with water.
3. The remaining newspaper is torn to shreds.
4. A brush is dipped in a glass with a glue solution and a newspaper ball is smeared, after which pieces of paper are randomly applied over the sticky layer. Then the solution is again applied and the ball is pasted over with paper. This operation is repeated until the ball acquires an almost perfect shape and desired size. It is recommended to make a ball with a diameter of at least 10 cm.
5. The base blank is allowed to dry. This process can take several days, however, it is impossible to accelerate it by placing the ball on the battery or acting on it in another way.
6. When the ball is ready, it is pierced with an awl and a stick moistened with quick-drying glue is inserted into the resulting hole.
7. Then proceed to decorate the topiary, pasting a paper ball with coffee grains. Quick drying glue is also suitable for this.
8. Now it's time to prepare the stand. To do this, alabaster is mixed with water in a ratio of 2: 1 (for 1 kg of alabaster - 0.5 l of water; the amount of ingredients should be taken in accordance with the volume of the pot or cup). A slurry will turn out, which will begin to thicken in about 5 minutes. Full hardening will occur after 25-30 minutes, so you need to have time to stick the stick with topiary into the still-frozen solution and hold it in one position until the alabaster turns into stone.

The final stage is the decoration of the topiary.To mask alabaster, you can pour coffee beans or colored beads on top of it. The skewer should be braided with ribbons or painted with golden paint. In this case, the pot wrapped in a fabric of the same shade will look beautiful.

Pencil or brush holder

To make an original stand out of coffee beans, just pour them into a transparent glass container (a vase, an unusual can, even a small round aquarium will do). In addition to the fact that such a stand will become the subject of decor, it will also flavor the air in the room. When the smell is exhausted, you can replace the grains with fresh ones.

Ground coffee - why is it useful in everyday life?

Coffee is famous for its aroma, and you can enjoy it not only by holding a cup with a freshly brewed drink in your hands, but each time opening the door of a closet or dressing room. For this, ground grains are poured into small fabric bags - sachets, after which they are laid out on shelves and sometimes even put into pockets of clothing. Besides the fact that wonderful spicy notes create a cozy atmosphere, and in some cases even serve as a replacement for perfume, they will also protect natural fur or wool from moths.

It is also worth using ground coffee if there is an unpleasant odor in the refrigerator. The powder is poured on a saucer from a tea service (not in a jar - the area of ​​contact with air should be as large as possible) and placed in a refrigerator. Coffee absorbs all the molecules that cause stench.

Use of coffee grounds on the farm

Drunk coffee does not need to be thrown away. Most often, they try to use it as a fertilizer for plants, but all that thick can do after getting into a flower pot is to loosen the soil a little and change its pH to the acidic side. Only azaleas or gardenias will like this.

There are more rational and useful ways to apply used (from a coffee machine or a Turk) coffee in everyday life:

• Cleaning the dishes. Small and not very particles of grains - this is an abrasive that easily removes dried-on food residues or traces left from tea leaves, beets and other coloring products. This method cannot be used for light dishes made of porous materials.
• Elimination of odors from the hands. After peeling fish or chopping garlic, you can rub your palms with fresh coffee grounds, and then rinse with warm water.



• Making a tonic body scrub. If you mix the dried coffee residues with coarse sugar, add a spoonful of honey and a few drops of orange oil, you get a great way to cleanse the skin of dead cells. With constant use, signs of cellulite are reduced and rashes disappear.



• Dyeing natural fabrics. For this purpose, you need to pick up quite a lot of thick, then brew it in boiling water and put cotton or linen material in the water, leaving it there for several hours. The color will depend on the strength of the broth and the exposure time.

Coffee in the form of beans or ground, which has expired, as well as sleeping ground should not be sent to the bin - they will always find use at home, whether it’s creating crafts, caring for themselves or flavoring the premises.