Is there a hot process soap recipe that Andrea at “Frugally Sustainable“ has posted that I haven’t tried? This new recipe sounded luscious, what is better than coffee, cinnamon, ginger and cloves.  The ingredients for this bar soap are:

• 12 ounces Olive oil
• 10 ounces Coconut oil
• 6 ounces Sustainable Palm oil
• 2 ounces Castor oil
• 1/2 ounce Jojoba oil, optional
• 4.30 ounces lye (6% excess fat)
• 10 ounces triple-strength coffee, cooled
• 2-3 tablespoons coffee grounds, wet or dry 
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 2 ounces essential oils, your choice (Note: I like to use a combo of may chang, lemongrass, lemon, clove bud, ginger, cinnamon, and sweet orange)

I was out of Jojoba oil and I didn’t have cloves so I left those out.  I do not generally use essential oils but would have loved to have some vanilla.  Of course those that know me know I can’t just made 1 of anything so I doubled this recipe. I got 2 large loaf pans full and 3 little bars.  

Before Cutting

I can’t wait to use this soap after working in the garden. This is a quote from Andrea:

Coffee soap is one of my favorites! For a couple of reasons:

1. It really works to deodorize my hands.
2. The grounds feel so good as they exfoliate and scrub all the dirty away. 

One thing that was a little tricky with this recipe: Because it is a dark soap it is hard to see if the gel stage was completely finished.  After the hour of cooking was up I stirred the soap and then could tell it was done.

This is what it looked like after 1 hour of cooking

What is your favorite type of soap?  I hope you will give this recipe a try and let me know how you like it.

Andrea from Frugally Sustainable has an Etsy Shop where you can purchase her homemade products.