Coffee Grounds and Used Chai Patti: Scrub, Hair Rinse, Fridge (Video)

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Coffee grounds for scrub and shine? The real limits explained.

Coffee grounds for scrub and shine? The real limits explained.

Coffee & Chai Hacks

Coffee grounds for scrub and shine? The real limits explained.

At a glance

Here’s a quick snapshot. Use three tablespoons of dried coffee grounds with a splash of oil for a weekly body scrub, never on the face. Brew chai leaves in water, let it cool and leave on hair for fifteen to twenty minutes. Put a bowl of bone-dry grounds in the fridge and change it every week or two.

Prep Grounds & Leaves

To keep mold away, spread the used grounds or rinsed tea leaves in a thin layer no deeper than a centimeter on a tray, newspaper, or steel plate. In summer, leave them in direct sun for a day or two, stirring morning and evening, and bring them inside at night. If the sun isn’t an option, dry them in an oven at 100 to 120 degrees Celsius for twenty to forty minutes, stirring every ten minutes. A low-flame stove works too, just keep stirring.

Coffee Body Scrub

Mix three tablespoons of dried coffee grounds with one and a half tablespoons of coconut or sesame oil; very dry skin can use a little less oil. On damp skin, massage the mixture in slow circles for about a minute on each area, arms, legs, knees, elbows. Then wipe most of it away with an old cloth, rinse the rest with lukewarm water, pat dry, and repeat once a week, twice for rough heels.

A scrub smooths skin for a day or two. That's the honest promise, and it's a decent one for something you'd have thrown away.

Chai Hair Rinse

Boil two tablespoons of chai leaves, fresh or rinsed used, in about two and a half cups of water for ten minutes until the liquid turns dark. Let it cool completely; hot liquid can burn the scalp. Strain it through a fine cloth or tea strainer, then, after shampooing, pour it slowly over your hair and scalp, working it through with your fingers.

Tea Bags for Eyes

Brew a plain tea bag, no milk or sugar, within the last hour, squeeze out excess liquid, and chill it in the fridge. Lie back, close your eyes, and rest a bag on each lid for five to ten minutes, then discard. Never use a bag that’s sat wet overnight, and avoid any bag if your eye is red, sticky, itchy, or you have a stye. Remove contact lenses first.

Fridge & Pan Hacks

Put four to five tablespoons of bone-dry coffee grounds in a small open bowl on the middle shelf of your fridge; they’ll absorb odors and leave a faint coffee scent. Change the bowl every one to two weeks, or sooner if they feel damp. For a greasy kadhai, grab a wet handful of spent tea leaves, add a drop of dish soap, and scrub; the leaves give grip while the soap does the cleaning.

Try This Tonight

After your evening chai, rinse the tea leaves in a strainer, spread them on a plate by the window, and let them dry. By the weekend you’ll have a jar of dry leaves ready for the kadhai, and no sour smell in the bin.

Drain Myth

Grounds don’t dissolve; they settle in pipe bends and bind with grease, forming a sludge that plumbers often have to pull out. The coffee smell may mask a drain odor for a short time, but it doesn’t keep the drain clean. It’s best to bin the grounds instead of flushing them.

Take Care If

Skip the scrub if you have broken skin, sunburn, rashes, eczema, active acne, or freshly waxed, shaved, or threaded areas. Stop if you feel stinging, itching, or redness, and do a patch test behind your ear or on your inner arm before the first hair rinse. Anyone allergic to coffee or tea should avoid these on the skin, and discard any grounds or leaves that smell musty or show fuzz. If you have eye redness with pain, discharge, or blurred vision, see a doctor instead of using a tea bag.

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