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I've found that some harder to clean containers (meaning cleaning strong odors like garlic or onions) clean up nicely with a few used coffee grounds. They cut through hard to get rid of grease, too (like chicken soup or tomato sauce, stored in Tupperware).
I know you're not supposed to put coffee grounds in the garbage disposal (they clump & block along the pipe line, apparently), but does the same apply if I only use Turkish ground beans (they're ground into a powder, like baby powder)?
I only used them a couple of times, maybe 1/2-tsp each time, but stopped as I don't want to do damage.
Could not find any info about the very fine grounds, but it's fair to assume that no matter how fine, they still will clump together. It's not soluble instant coffee that dissolves in water without residue.
So why take the risk?
Read this and consider other options:
If you are using the coffee grounds to abrade thru the beef/chicken/pork GREASE in your pans, it is the GREASE you should not be trynna to stuff down the drain. Scrape that -ish into the trash with a spatula.
If you are tryin to dispose of a fair amount of coffee grounds, your plants will love the nitrogen + the bit of potassium and phosphorus in your clean used coffee grounds gently buried into the soil. Even houseplants need fertilizer.
We can fret about what goes down the kitchen sink, but I DARE YOU to put on some nitrile gloves and get a rusty coat hanger, remove your shower drain and start digging the human hair out of your tub/shower/sink drains. Thats one of those Spring Cleaning things that freaks me out every time I do it.
We can fret about what goes down the kitchen sink, but I DARE YOU to put on some nitrile gloves and get a rusty coat hanger, remove your shower drain and start digging the human hair out of your tub/shower/sink drains. Thats one of those Spring Cleaning things that freaks me out every time I do it.
I agree with all the great re-uses for coffee grounds (see my link above), but you definitely should stop digging out hair from your shower drain and use this instead: https://www.amazon.com/TubShroom-Rev.../dp/B01BYMTYBS
Could not find any info about the very fine grounds, but it's fair to assume that no matter how fine, they still will clump together. It's not soluble instant coffee that dissolves in water without residue. So why take the risk?
Read this and consider other options:
TY for the link. I won't do it, but wanted opinions, cuz I thought my trepidation might just be too much OCD on my part.
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Originally Posted by SUPbud
If you are using the coffee grounds to abrade thru the beef/chicken/pork GREASE in your pans, it is the GREASE you should not be trynna to stuff down the drain. Scrape that -ish into the trash with a spatula.
I'm good there. That's not a problem.
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If you are tryin to dispose of a fair amount of coffee grounds, your plants will love the nitrogen + the bit of potassium and phosphorus in your clean used coffee grounds gently buried into the soil. Even houseplants need fertilizer.
Good to know, but, I don't have a lot & I kill every plant I look at (I have silk flowers). I don't even touch other's plants... I have a black thumb.
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We can fret about what goes down the kitchen sink, but I DARE YOU to put on some nitrile gloves and get a rusty coat hanger, remove your shower drain and start digging the human hair out of your tub/shower/sink drains. Thats one of those Spring Cleaning things that freaks me out every time I do it.
Nope. I'm a lifelong $$$ renter $$$. I'll leave that up to Maintenance.
Instead of using the ground beans for cleaning, when I need to cut through a bit of grease leftover in a container (I dislike plastic, but it's useful), I just leave the already used espresso grounds in the basket of the espresso machine & run a small bit of water through it, then use that weak coffee to clean. It works well & gets rid of leftover odor, too.
I have always put coffee grounds in the disposal and now, with no disposal, down the sink drain. I have never had any issues with this and started doing it because I was told it would absorb or prevent odors.
Now, grease is another matter entirely. If I have alot of it, I find a sealable container to put it in and toss it. If a little has to go down the drain, I'll do it, but I pour boiled water in after it. Never had a problem with that either.
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Found a workaround...
