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  • Misfits Farm September 23, 2013 at 3:12pm

    Yes, I use their thieves oil.  I also have a recipe for thieves to try but haven't had a chance to make it yet.  I picked up some oils from the health food store and I don't think I put enough in.  In fact, I'm pretty sure of it.  I have a lemon tree that I started in the house and I noticed the leaves have a lemon fragrance and I was going to try the leaves with some sage but I don't think that will work either.

    Cool!  I wondered how I could make a good hand soap and I never thought about coffee grounds.  I definitely have to get your book.

  • Deborah Niemann-Boehle September 23, 2013 at 12:28pm

    Misfits Farm -- since you mentioned thieves oil, I'm wondering if you're using Young Living oils? I know they are very pricey, so the idea of using 2-4 ounces in a batch of soap may have given you quite a shock. You can buy essential oils for much lower prices from soapmaking supply companies.

  • Deborah Niemann-Boehle September 23, 2013 at 12:25pm

    That's right, Patty. It is very exfoliating.

    Perhaps at some point, you'd get some coffee scent, but I'm thinking it would be a lot of coffee. The picture on the side of this web page is the coffee soap, and you can see that it looks like a lot of coffee, even though it's a very small percentage. I haven't found anything that keeps a scent when you put it in soap other than essential oils and then fragrances specifically made for using in soap.

  • Patty Meyer September 23, 2013 at 11:53am

    In Deborah's book, from what I understand she says it is good for removing unwanted scents from your hands (ie. buck stink, onions, garlic...).  I would think it would be a nice exfoliating scrub as well?

    Misfits Farm said:

    Thanks.  What is the benefit of putting coffee grounds in the soap mix?

  • Patty Meyer September 23, 2013 at 11:51am

    Okay, thanks.  I thought that's what you were saying in Raising Goats Naturally, but I was wishful thinking that there was a way.  I've got some Highlander Grogg brewing as I type.  What a heavenly scent that would be! :)

    Deborah Niemann-Boehle said:

    I wish! I tried that years ago, and it didn't work, so I was never going to make that soap again, but one of my customers fell in love with it, so alas, I do make it now all the time. It is actually quite popular as an unscented soap. I now use used coffee grounds but dry them out before using them. The bars will be quite spongy if you use wet grounds.
  • Misfits Farm September 23, 2013 at 7:01am

    Thanks.  What is the benefit of putting coffee grounds in the soap mix?

  • Deborah Niemann-Boehle September 21, 2013 at 9:16pm
    I wish! I tried that years ago, and it didn't work, so I was never going to make that soap again, but one of my customers fell in love with it, so alas, I do make it now all the time. It is actually quite popular as an unscented soap. I now use used coffee grounds but dry them out before using them. The bars will be quite spongy if you use wet grounds.
  • Patty Meyer September 20, 2013 at 2:24pm

    Along the soap making lines, is it possible to put fresh ground coffee in the soap and have it smell like coffee?

  • Deborah Niemann-Boehle September 20, 2013 at 12:54pm
    I'm guessing that you are not using enough essential oil. I generally use 1 ounce of essential oil for every 22 ounces of fat or oil in the soap recipe, except for tea tree oil, which I use at half that amount because it is really strong.
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