Why does nobody talk about using old coffee grounds for fabric dye?

I was trying to get a specific tan color for a linen shirt last week, and after three tries with store bought dye, it still looked too orange. My grandma in Phoenix said to just boil the fabric with used coffee grounds, and it gave me the perfect, muted earth tone I wanted. Has anyone else tried natural dyes from kitchen stuff and had it work better than the chemical ones?

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emerychen2d agoMost Upvoted

Guess grandma's coffee trick beats the store stuff, and now I'm eyeing my tea bags like taylor_flores said.

taylor_flores3d ago

Try tea bags for a faded blue, it's way easier than you'd think.