Level of Acceptability of Spent Coffee Ground Cookies among Grade 12 Home Economics Students

Vol.3, No.1D

Abstract

Coffee Grounds are ground beans used in a pot or a coffee maker. It’s made up of ground coffee beans. B-brewed coffee has a bitter taste and strong flavor, balances sweetness and acidity, and has a strong evocative aroma that complements a great cup of coffee. People love coffee, and many shops are opening in different places. Typically, used coffee grounds are dumped into general waste; after being thrown away, they go to landfills, significantly impacting the environment. Melanie Gosling states, “When coffee grounds are disposed of in landfills, methane, a greenhouse gas, is produced. Methane is more damaging than carbon dioxide.” Therefore, the researchers used coffee grounds to prevent this effect on our environment. It is beneficial not only to exfoliate our skin but also to make it food like cookies. 

These cookies are made of flour, eggs, and especially spent coffee grounds; the taste and texture of these cookies are chewy and crumbly, but with the help of used coffee grounds, it balances the sweetness given by sugar and also gives an aromatic coffee smell, enhances the flavour of chocolate, resulting in a richer flavour. The method used in the study is a quantitative research design. The sampling technique used to get the respondents is the stratified sampling technique. Survey questionnaires are distributed to the respondents to gather the data. According to the findings regarding taste, the result is 3.64, and for aroma, the result is 3.72. Next is the texture, the result is three, and the last is the presentation, with a result of 4.08. The respondents rate the level of acceptability of coffee grounds cookies as highly acceptable, and the pleasant smell of the coffee grounds cookies is highly acceptable. In contrast, the coffee grounds cookies attraction is very highly acceptable. There could be a higher possibility that the product of coffee grounds cookies might come up to the market.