Coffee Beans

3 surprising things to do with coffee beans.

From Extraordinary Uses for Ordinary Things

Change Text Size

Change Text Size
|
Bookmark

Bookmark

Del.icio.us
Digg
Reddit
Facebook
StumbleUpon
TwitThis
|
Print
|
E-Mail

Freshen your breath

What to do when you're all out of breath mints? Just suck on a coffee bean for a while and your mouth will smell clean and fresh again.

Remove foul odor from hands

If your hands smell of garlic, fish or other strong foods you've been handling, a few coffee beans may be all you need to get rid of the odor. Put the beans in your hands and rub them together. The oil released from the coffee beans will absorb the foul smell. When the odor is gone, wash your hands in warm, soapy water.

Fill a beanbag

They don't call them beanbags for nothing. Coffee beans are ideal as beanbag filler, but with the price of coffee nowadays it's a good idea to wait for a sale and then buy the cheapest beans available.