Reuse Coffee, Saving the World One Cup At A Time

The people around the office have been making fun of me this week. I started off with a series about Green Eco Tips That Save You Money; however I ended up talking about saving money with your morning cup of Joe. Well here is the kicker; I am at it again with the Coffee. Perhaps I shouldn’t write these articles first thing in the morning right? Here is what got me thinking; everyone around here chips in making the coffee each morning. Nothing political, if you want a cup, make a pot. Now some of you are going to disagree with me on this point, but hear me out okay. Yes this is about reusing coffee; at the end of the day I am usually the person who dumps the pot out and give it a wash in the sink. There are complaints about the organic blend of Free Trade Coffee we use. The cost being somewhere in the $15 per pound range. Think you get it cheaper? Check the bag. Are you getting a full pound when you buy it? I am looking at my 12 oz bag of Coffee right now. A pound is 16 Oz people! Coffee is not cheap! Especially if you dump half the pot down the sink, but here is how you can reuse coffee and trust me you (or your office mates wont know the difference) Now the first complaint of coffee that is left to long is that it tastes burnt. Here is how I solved that issue. On our coffee maker, there are some buttons that set the temperature of the warmer. You don’t need to keep the pot boiling hot ya know. This way you won’t have the burnt taste from it. Now here is the funny part, sort of. At the end of the day, I took the left over coffee and put it in this Glass Carafe we have and stored it in the refrigerator. My initial idea was to reuse coffee by making Iced Coffee! Which is a great idea by the way? Also! While I am at it, another great idea is freeze the coffee in cube trays and add it to a glass of milk, you get a latte taste. Better yet, want true iced coffee use those cubes in the tray, this way there is no watery drink –just straight iced coffee. My last thought take those ice cubes a scoop of vanilla ice cream, and maybe a squeeze of chocolate- just decadent! This was my intention, however what I did one day was I took the carafe out one morning and I poured a cup and just stuck it in the microwave. After a while I noticed something. This was a pot from 2 days ago. But I did not even bat a wink. There was relatively no difference! The funny part was when a fellow co-worker asked me for a cup I did the same thing for her and she replied to me, Oh! What did you do this time? This is a really good cup. Anyway, Now I have some more silliness to go with this Coffee theme! Ill have more for you next week!