Coffee question

[Shanice]

I want to try my hand in using coffee in my products. Is there a certain type or brand of coffee I have to use? Caffeinated or decaffeinated? Do I take the same in consideration for making coffee sugar scrubs or is it safe to use any type of coffee?
So many questions

 

[Yooper]

Any coffee you choose seems to be fine. I will warn you that if you cold process in your soapmaking, it STINKS when you add the lye!

 

[Shanice]

Any coffee you choose seems to be fine. I will warn you that if you cold process in your soapmaking, it STINKS when you add the lye!

Noted wow well won't learn until I try.

Would that go for the sugar scrubs also (any coffee that is)?

 

[Yooper]

Sure, I wouldn't think that it would make a difference but I don't make very many coffee scrubs at all, and few in the past.

 

[ChemicalPyros]

Coffee is very nice in a soap, I use it for special customers, caffeine is a very efficient skin conditioner. You can use the milled beans directly, but my favorite process is to boil the milled coffee beans for a good 20 minutes, then cool the mixture and add lye to it, and finally of course make the soap with it (of course ratios have to be adjusted).
As @Yooper already mentioned, it stinks a lot, but after a long curing (at least 2 months) the stench will go, I would recommend that you use fragrances rich in cardamom or spicy fragrances because they go well with coffee.