What can I do with stale coffee?

[paterd]

I cleaned out my mom's cupboards and found coffee from 1997 and needless to say, it does not taste very well! Do any of you know of any tips for using stale coffee,? I hate to throw it out!
Thanks

[nodmicks]

Wow I didn't know it could go stale. I use cold coffee on my house plants and they are lovely. Brew coffee as normal. Cool and pour 1 to 1.5 cup in an average sized plant.
I wonder if yopu could dye light fabric with coffee as it stains?

[Hollyhandi]

Use it for compost on your garden .

[babetteq]

sprinkle it on your garden. it will keep the slugs off. Ilive in a rainforest where the slugs are 6 feet long and carry guns and walkie talkies. They haven't touched my garden. I'm the only one they leave alone. I swear by it. And I only use post-beverage coffee grounds. I bet stale - but not made into coffee- grounds would be even stronger!

Babs

[paterd]

Thanks everyone, didn't think about watering my plants with it, I have done that before. Thought about using in my garden but since it's winter, I didn't think about it.

[Chea]

You can really use coffee in house plants?? Now THAT is interesting!

[nodmicks]

Originally posted by Chea
You can really use coffee in house plants?? Now THAT is interesting!

 

Yep! Another good one is the water you've boiled eggs in.

[Makat2u]

I had a neighbor who always poured her left over coffee in her garden & her plants were beautiful.

[kittykatstrong]

I got some decaf coffee last christmas. I never drink decaf so I used it to get rid of odors in the fridge.

[Pemberleyan]

This is probably not something you need, but when we moved my mother out of her house, she had lots of old books which smelled very musty. We put them in bins and sprinkled coffee and soda all over and let sit for a few days. It did a lot fo destroy the musty smell.

[Natalie]

Wow I didn't know it could go stale. I use cold coffee on my house plants and they are lovely. Brew coffee as normal. Cool and pour 1 to 1.5 cup in an average sized plant.
I wonder if you could dye light fabric with coffee as it stains?

I'd think so. I've done something similar with other's used coffee grounds (since I don't drink coffee). Put some white paper on a pan, put the moist grounds on liberally, let dry, dump/wipe/clean off the paper, and it has an antique color to it. Course, some people just think "gross", but if you use pieces of it in craft work, it does look really good. Kinda like marbled...

[madhen]

You can also use it to buff up darker wood furniture. Brew as normal, cool, then apply like you would a liquid polish. You can also use it on your hair, if you are a brunette, for a little "shine".

Put a little bowl in your fridge to absorb odors.

Make a facial scrub out of it.

[HSODave]

 

Yep! Another good one is the water you've boiled eggs in.

Okay I'm almost afraid to ask but what does this do for the eggs?

[AuntSissy]

Okay I'm almost afraid to ask but what does this do for the eggs?

Pssst! I wondered, too, until I re-read the post...and came to the realization that she meant that another good tip is to use the water in which you boil eggs to water your plants. At least, I hope that's what she meant... If so, I found this info from the Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture:

"The nutrients from eggshells are ideal for the garden. Place broken shells in a watering can, fill with water and leave overnight. Water the garden in the morning. Alternatively, use the water that you boil your eggs in as a tonic for your indoor plants."


Heck! They have a number of tips that I am thinking of using in my garden next year! Here's the link to the Site:

http://www.rnzih.org.nz/pages/Garden-tips.htm

Anna (a web-search maniac)

[PinkWolf]

Such wonderful ideas. I'm a brunette and I use old coffee as a rinse and coffee grinds for the garden.