I know that most people don’t like to throw the used ground coffee down the sink for fear it will block the waste pipe so here are some useful ideas on what to do with the coffee grounds left over after brewing your favourite cuppa.
Compost:
Spent coffee grounds can be mixed with lye to make a great composting agent, you can even throw in the paper coffee filter, too!
Worms in compost like to eat the bacterium that grows on the facets of coffee grounds, though the grounds themselves are a food source it also adds grit to the worms' digestive system allowing them to digest better.

Fertilizer:
Small amounts of coffee grounds can be added directly to top soil, especially on plants that like high acidity in the soil like azaleas or roses. Coffee is high in nitrogen, calcium, magnesium, potassium and other trace minerals, spreading around a thin layer of coffee grounds on your soil will allow a slow release of these minerals into your plants.

Be aware of which plants like acidic soil (roses), and which plants don't (tomatoes).

Insect Repellent:
Coffee has a very strong odour which many insects and animals do not like. In addition, it's been suggested that mosquitoes, ants, slugs and maggots all dislike the acidity of coffee and will stay away from areas where there is high concentration of acidic soil.
Cat deterrent:
If you are bothered by your neighbour's cat or dog in your flowerbed? Sprinkling coffee grounds along with other powerful odour-emitting substances can keep those animals away. Most animals' sense of smell is much greater than ours, and while coffee that may smell great to us can smell very unpleasant to a hyper-sensitive-olfactory feline.

Used coffee grounds can be mixed with orange peels (or other citrus) and spread around flowerbeds for an inexpensive pet deterrent.

Useful use of used coffee bags make them into cushions or hand carrying bags

"Caffè crema", produced by hot water under pressure, coined in 1948 by Gaggia to describe the light brown foam (crema) on espresso. The term has fallen out of use in favour of "espresso".

Look at the crema on our Caer Urfa Arabica Special Blend - What a way to start your day, just beautiful - Order now from http://www.caerurfacoffee.co.uk/

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We read recently - Things you can do with coffee that doesn't involve drinking it - Do note this is with the coffee grinds from real coffee, not instant coffee. 1. Fertilize your plants Soak two cups full of coffee grounds in a bucket of water and shower your plants once a week. This seems to work. 2. Make your hair shinier Brew a cup of coffee, wait for it to cool (obviously), apply to your hair for 20 minutes and then rinse. mm mm havent tried this one await review.

Cupping for quality

As artisan coffee roasters we like to test roast our way through our many different coffees, then with our coffee lab approach and passion it’s important to ‘cup’ our coffees so we know with confidence our product. What is cupping? Cupping is an important tool to evaluate the different characteristics of a particular coffee bean. It makes us look at coffee in its basic form and appreciate some of its finer points. Remember coffee is a crop that changes from farm to farm, region to region, country to country, season to season and crop to crop.