Coffee Tea Bags are an easy and frugal way to make a single-serve cup of coffee. Learn how to make your own to save money and reduce waste.
Hey everyone! Erin, here again, to share with you about another tea-related idea.
Coffee Tea Bags
Coffee Tea Bags. Have you ever heard of these? They are just like tea bags, but with coffee instead, it’s basically just coffee in a teabag. You can buy them at the store but today we are going to learn how to make them ourselves at home. They are unbelievably easy!
What you need:
Reusable Tea Bag – (Learn how to Make Your Own Tea Bags)
Your favorite Coffee Grounds
How to Make:
I started with a reusable tea bag that I posted a tutorial about a few months ago. Then, I poured about a tablespoon or more of coffee grounds (I used my coffee grinder to grind up my favorite coffee beans) into the bag, Finally, you just your little tea bag coffee in boiled water for about 3-5 minutes or so and enjoy!
These are great to use when you only want to make one cup of coffee and don’t want to dirty the coffee pot or french press. So easy, sp simple, so delicious! This would also be a great way to take your favorite coffee drink on vacation or camping without having to pack your whole coffee pot! Or make up a batch of them and keep them at work if your office doesn’t offer a coffee pot.
–Don’t throw away those used coffee grounds! Here are some Ways to Reuse Coffee Grounds.
These would be fun to give as gifts to your coffee-lover friends. You could always make Coffee Tea Bags and fill them up and toss a few in a jar or gift bag. I know I would love love love receiving that as a gift. (hint hint).
–This Homemade Coffee Body Scrub would be great in a coffee lovers gift set too!
Of course, I like to drink my coffee with cream. Yum yum! Here’s a basic coffee creamer recipe to go with your Coffee Tea Bags or your regular daily cup:
Homemade Coffee Creamer Recipe
What You Need:
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 4 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
How to Make:
Mix the first 3 ingredients together on the stovetop with a whisk until they steam. Remove them from heat and add in vanilla extract. Stir well and pour into a jar to store in the fridge. This will last just over a week. Shake jar before use.
–Try this Simple Coffee Cake recipe with your morning coffee.
Need to print this to add to your Recipe Binder? Get the Homemade Coffee Creamer recipe below:
Homemade Coffee Creamer Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 4 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
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Mix the first 3 ingredients together on the stovetop with a whisk until they steam.
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Remove them from heat and add in vanilla extract.
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Stir well and pour into a jar to store in the fridge. This will last just over a week. Shake jar before use.
Here are a few more coffee and tea posts for you to check out:
- Surprising (And Frugal) Uses for Coffee
- 11 Crafts and Other Uses for Coffee Filters
- Homemade Cappuccino Mix Recipe
- Make Your Own Tea
- Warm Cinnamon Tea Herbal Latte
- How to Make Sage Tea
- How to Make Dried Orange Peel (and a Tea Recipe)
- How to Make Ginger Tea
How do you drink your coffee?
This article on Coffee Tea Bags was originally published on Little House Living in January 2014. It has been updated as of January 2020.
They are such a pain to clean, though…. How does one keep grounds from going down the sink?
I will just rinse the bag in a small bowl or cup of water (turn bag inside out) and add the water/grounds to my compost! Thanks for this wonderful idea~
Coffee grounds down the sink won’t hurt if it’s not to much and will help with any grease in the pipes also.
LOVE THIS!! Can’t wait to try it out! 🙂
What grind do you use for the coffee bags? Would it be the same as an auto drip coffee maker grind level?
That is one seriously clever idea. I love it!
Great idea. I will have to look up how to make that bag
I love to add powdered milk to my coffee. It’s fat free so no guilt if I add a lot.
I also prefer powdered creamer and had thought about mixing powdered milk and a small amount of brown sugar together for a “homemade” version.. I will have to give it a try!
I will have to check in to this ! I typically buy a box at the store. They last me forever due to the fact the only time I use them is when my dh is out of town and I don’t want to use the coffee pot for just one cup 🙂
I do this when I camp and make them for a whole quart…..Take a regular coffee filter and add enough coffee for a full pot. Then fold the filter together and staple it. I make up enough for my trip and just throw into a pot of water and boil until it is nuclear grade! Flavor with some hot chocolate mix and its done. After the coffee is gone I just throw the filter into the fire.
Wonderful idea.. We used something like this, but they were round filters for a whole pot of coffee. You could take and cut to fit the bottom of the filter cup, and with several made up, you could take make foe several whole pots, and have read at any time. You could even add the filters in for fast disposal.
Why doesn’t the coffee need to be brewed? Tea is just an infusion but ground coffee is percolated/brewed to make coffee with it. So instant coffee is made for ppl who don’t want to brew it. Coffee doesn’t infuse as I understand it.
I don’t get it.
I so enjoyed the articles looking forward to reading your website.
Oh, dear. This sounds awful. Go buy you some organic whole coffee beans and a grinder. It makes me sad you are making coffee from used coffee grounds.
I can’t be sure, but when she said, “Then I poured about a tablespoon or more of coffee grounds (I used my coffee grinder),” I think she probably meant ground coffee, not coffee grounds.