Coffee logs

[Woody girl]

Has any body had a go at making and using these?
I've just been given a paper log maker, and past experience has led me to the conclusion that just newspapers are not realy worth the effort. Only the day before I had half watched a yt about coffee log making, and having access to plenty of coffee grounds that I regularly use in my garden, and sawdust from another friend should I ask, I figured I might have a go.
Has anybody ever made coffee logs? What do they burn like? Would you say it was worthwhile?
I'll have a go anyway once the weather gets a bit better as I don't realy have a good drying area, so will have to wait untill the minni greenhouse has done the majority of its seedling raising job before I can start, as that is the only protected drying area I have.

 

[Broch]

I bought some once to try, I quite liked the idea of the smell; they smouldered rather than burnt, but all logs may not be the same.

 

[Toddy]

I know someone who made them using one of the log presses. Mixed with sawdust....he said they burnt like peats do, but smelled weird. He added tea leaves to the next batch
I gather that they did as Broch said, a bit like the old briquettes made from coal dust that folks used to use to keep a fire just alight and warm overnight.

 

[Woody girl]

That's interesting, was it an open fire or a log burner?
I actualy detest the smell of coffee. I can't go into coffee shops like Starbucks without gagging....not that I would anyway as I don't drink the stuff. But that's my only worry, that it would scent the room with coffee smells. Which would be disastrous for me, and a waste of effort.
I'm sure if I leave the mix for a while before making the logs..sort of composting it a bit if you like, that might help. I know that the smell goes pretty quick when I dig it into the garden soil.
I just am unsure if the smell of coffee would come back when burning them.
That's why I wondered if anyone had made their own, or experienced burning coffee logs.
None of the vids I've now watched never mention any coffee aroma on burning.

 

[Pattree]

I found this.

It’s about commercial coffee logs

As this particular author doesn’t sell the logs, it just might be unbiased. He does however, only refer to one supplier!

Extract


Edited to add:
Very little is 100% carbon neural.
There has been manufacturing,
There has been packaging.
There has been transport.

 

[Broch]

Yes, log burner, so I can't reply to the question about smell, sorry.

They are not economical and they don't burn well even in a log burner with air control. I cannot recommend them.

 

[Toddy]

That's interesting, was it an open fire or a log burner?
I actualy detest the smell of coffee. I can't go into coffee shops like Starbucks without gagging....not that I would anyway as I don't drink the stuff. But that's my only worry, that it would scent the room with coffee smells. Which would be disastrous for me, and a waste of effort.
I'm sure if I leave the mix for a while before making the logs..sort of composting it a bit if you like, that might help. I know that the smell goes pretty quick when I dig it into the garden soil.
I just am unsure if the smell of coffee would come back when burning them.
That's why I wondered if anyone had made their own, or experienced burning coffee logs.
None of the vids I've now watched never mention any coffee aroma on burning.

Open fire, he lives in a bender.
He did say that they went mouldy so fast too, that he couldn't stock pile up the coffee grounds without them going mouldy.
He got them from a coffee shop near where he lives, and thought they'd be 'green' to use up.
In the end, it was a kind of hmmmm, mebbe, mebbe not worth the bother.

They compost down though in the garden, and are 'supposed' to deter slugs. I have my doubts

 

[John Fenna]

We tried using commercial Coffee Logs on the open fire on our woodland site .... coffee smoulder, no real flame went out easily without real logs to help them along ... not going to bother again.

 

[Tengu]

They sound vile.

 

[demographic]

Open fire, he lives in a bender.
He did say that they went mouldy so fast too, that he couldn't stock pile up the coffee grounds without them going mouldy.
He got them from a coffee shop near where he lives, and thought they'd be 'green' to use up.
In the end, it was a kind of hmmmm, mebbe, mebbe not worth the bother.

They compost down though in the garden, and are 'supposed' to deter slugs. I have my doubts

As an aside, I often have Chai (tea, ish) and the wet leaves from that take ages to go manky.
I've forgotten them in a cafetiere (cos why bother getting a posh teapot when my existing one works just fine) and left them for an embarrassing amount of time only to discover they hadn't gone the way of old coffee grounds do in no time.

Must be some natural antibiotic in it.