“Can I Compost This?” Series #1: Juices and Drinks
I've decided to start a new short and sweet series dealing with the question "Can I compost ___?" So here we go: "Hey Tyler, can I compost coffee/fruit juices/tea?" Yep. All of the above are great candidates. I'd say I dump more coffee waste than anything, and it's also the best of the above to add. High in nitrogen and also friendly due to its ground-up size, it degrades quickly (for the worms, they're all about the coffee grinds as well. Juices...not as much. Tea/tea bags, absolutely). As for tea, it is preferable to empty the contents out of the teabag...unless the tea markets itself as having a compostable teabag. Apparently, most are polyester (not the ones I drink!). There's an interesting article about that found HERE. Lastly, juices. I'd…