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Coffee Grounds
Feb 12^th, 2012 at 3:07pm

Daily coffee drinker here with a challenge maybe others here share also.

I empty my coffee filter (metal) grounds into the trash can. There is always remaining grounds still within the filter. I rinse filter in kitchen sink to get it cleaned for next pot of coffee. Kitchen sink now draining slowly.

With all of the coffee drinkers around here, thought I would inquire what coffee filter cleaning methods you guys do to prevent kitchen sink failure? Roll Eyes

-Gregg in Las Vegas

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Brew CH.com Sponsor CH.com Alumnus Offline Posts: 14163	Re: Coffee Grounds Reply #1 - Feb 12^th, 2012 at 4:10pm Paper filter. Grounds and filter go into the compost.
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Charlie CH.com Alumnus Offline Happy to be here Posts: 18971 Jamestown, NY Gender:	Re: Coffee Grounds Reply #2 - Feb 12^th, 2012 at 7:39pm Paper filter here. The same as Brew. Charlie
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BobG CH.com Hall of Famer Offline Posts: 6422 St. George, UT Gender:	Re: Coffee Grounds Reply #3 - Feb 12^th, 2012 at 8:06pm 2 words. Liquid Plumber. a couple more words........paper filters. After all, paper filters were invented in Vegas.
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LasVegas CH.com Sponsor Offline Episodic CH since 11 yrs old, now 50. Posts: 2020 north of the 60th parallel Gender:	Re: Coffee Grounds Reply #4 - Feb 12^th, 2012 at 8:47pm My coffee maker has a gold metal cone filter. I realize paper filters may be the easy answer. But metal filters provide a better taste in my opinion. So anybody with recommendations that use a metal filter? -Gregg in Las Vegas
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Re: Coffee Grounds
Reply #5 - Feb 13^th, 2012 at 12:53am

get a second metal cone filter and use it as a "rinse filter". take the one you use and rinse it off in a pitcher full of water, then pour the water from the pitcher through the "rinse filter". basicaly, you are just catching the coffee grounds before they make it to your sink. when the second filter is full, empty it in the trash.

before i thought of this trick i used to plunge my sink about once a month.

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Charlie CH.com Alumnus Offline Happy to be here Posts: 18971 Jamestown, NY Gender:	Re: Coffee Grounds Reply #6 - Feb 13^th, 2012 at 9:47pm You can always do what my grandmother did: Use the terlet. Charlie
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Callico CH.com Hall of Famer Offline Author of "Stranded at Romson's Lodge Posts: 4916 Aurora IL Gender:	Re: Coffee Grounds Reply #7 - Feb 13^th, 2012 at 11:46pm A couple of tablespoons of baking soda followed by about a pint of apple cider vinegar works well to unstop sinks. It isn't as destructive as chemical drain cleaners.
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Arde CH.com Junior Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 76 Dayton, TX. Gender:	Re: Coffee Grounds Reply #8 - Feb 25^th, 2012 at 10:19pm Brew wrote on Feb 12^th, 2012 at 4:10pm: Paper filter. Grounds and filter go into the compost. Way to go! Also, according to Dr. Oz, the paper filters filter some kind of oil out of the coffee that raises your blood pressure, that metal filters don't.
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Sharkbay CH.com Junior Offline Do as to others as you would want done to you and Posts: 28 Gender:	Re: Coffee Grounds Reply #9 - Feb 26^th, 2012 at 1:24am If its making your Kitchen sink now draining slowly how do you think your kidneys feel ALL THE BEST Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!! You need to or
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Brew CH.com Sponsor CH.com Alumnus Offline Posts: 14163	Re: Coffee Grounds Reply #10 - Feb 26^th, 2012 at 7:59am Sharkbay wrote on Feb 26^th, 2012 at 1:24am: If its making your Kitchen sink now draining slowly how do you think your kidneys feel ALL THE BEST Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!! You need to or I guess we're all entitled to our opinions.
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AubanBird CH.com Old Timer Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 250 everywhere... Gender:	Re: Coffee Grounds Reply #11 - Feb 26^th, 2012 at 10:35pm i was raised by a cup of coffee. i dont really see it slowing my kidneys down though... makes me p!$$ like a racehorse. when my kidneys failed due to rhabdomyolysis, my doctors gave me coffee as soon as i started urinating again. and thats not even getting into the abortive therapy of caffiene...
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AubanBird CH.com Old Timer Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 250 everywhere... Gender:	Re: Coffee Grounds Reply #13 - Feb 27^th, 2012 at 6:01pm Happy Pappy wrote on Feb 27^th, 2012 at 5:28pm: U need to get a screen for your drain i think you just won the simple solution award. and here i was trying to make rockets out of cheespuffs
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Reply #14 - Mar 3^rd, 2012 at 4:08pm

Coffee grounds are great for plants, flowers, vegetables (an organic mulch so to speak). I take a cup of water with me out to the garden and rinse out the coffee grounds under the trees/flowers/whatever. Most Starbucks have free old coffee grounds in bags for just such purpose (if not, you can ask them to keep them for you -- but any CHer would never need MORE coffee grounds). And I like knowing my tomatoes are caffeinated, just in case they have CH too.

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Kristie CH.com Junior Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 34 Los Angeles Gender:	Re: Coffee Grounds Reply #15 - Mar 3^rd, 2012 at 4:10pm And P.S. try to avoid the paper filters. The only possible way they could be that white is if there's some bleaching involved. Not that I'm Miss Holistic given the amount of CH drugs I ingest, but whenever possible I try to avoid trace harsh chemicals. Gold filter is the way to go.
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Arde CH.com Junior Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 76 Dayton, TX. Gender:	Re: Coffee Grounds Reply #16 - Mar 3^rd, 2012 at 9:20pm Arde wrote on Feb 25^th, 2012 at 10:19pm: Also, according to Dr. Oz, the paper filters filter some kind of oil out of the coffee that raises your blood pressure, that metal filters don't. "whenever possible I try to avoid trace harsh chemicals." What the heck, you're breathing Los Angeles air aren't you?
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Kristie CH.com Junior Offline I Love CH.com! Posts: 34 Los Angeles Gender:	Re: Coffee Grounds Reply #17 - Mar 4^th, 2012 at 3:06am "whenever possible I try to avoid trace harsh chemicals." What the heck, you're breathing Los Angeles air aren't you? [/quote] Actually, no. The only air I'm breathing these days comes out of an oxygen tank.
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