Collins Country

Waste not, want not

Uses for leftover coffee:

 Use it in place of water when making a chocolate cake.  It gives the cake a very deep, dark chocolate flavor! YUM.

 During the summer, we love to drink blended coffees.  Since they are so expensive, I have made my own.

• I add a bit of sugar to the left over coffee in the pot and stir until dissolved. 
• Then I freeze it in an ice cube tray or two.
• When it’s frozen, I empty the tray into a zip lock freezer bag so that I have a tray available for the next morning's left over coffee.
• When we want to have a blended coffee, I toss the cubes in a blender, add milk and sugar (and cocoa if we want a mocha) and blend away.  
• For a very tasty treat, try using sweetened condensed milk in place of some of the milk.

 You can also make coffee syrup as a topping for ice cream, for milkshakes or an extra jolt for hot cocoa.

• Just heat the coffee and add sugar (Equal parts coffee and sugar) and stir until sugar is completely dissolved. 
• Boil for two minutes or so.
• Remove from heat and let cool.  I keep mine in the fridge and it lasts for a long time.  I am going to add baking cocoa next time to see how that tastes!

I am sure there are many things you can use coffee for, so I’d love to hear about what you do with left over coffee (besides dump it LOL).

Wow!

{ 07:58 , Friday, July 28, 2006 } { Posted by Jonash2004 }

I enjoy your blog more and more!! I'm determined to figure out this RSS thingymajig so I can keep up. As a non-coffee drinker, and dh only drinks it at work, I can't help you much. Although, as a little girl, I had an earthworm farm, and I did feed my worms a majority of coffee grounds. I had some BIG worms! ;)

Great Idea!

{ 05:45 , Friday, July 28, 2006 } { Posted by Lighthouse }

Thanks for this - I never like to throw out perfectly good coffee. Now you've given me some ideas!