09-02-2019, 09:36 AM
#1 cause of clogged kitchen pipes. Also naturally acidic and can weaken metal pipes (if you have them) through an electrolysis process. Even if you don't pour any grease into your drain, it comes off of scraps and what you clean off of plates etc and coffee grounds and grease attract to each other in the plumbing and form a weak cement that attracts more of the same until you get a clog.
At one office I worked at we had a hand-washing sink and due to it's proximity to the coffee maker it was mainly used to dispose of coffee grounds and old coffee. The trap was made out of some kind of metal and the coffee literally ate through it.
At one office I worked at we had a hand-washing sink and due to it's proximity to the coffee maker it was mainly used to dispose of coffee grounds and old coffee. The trap was made out of some kind of metal and the coffee literally ate through it.