Coffee Soap
Recipe Instructions
Step 1: Make your lye solution. Weigh the water and lye into separate containers. Pour the lye into the water while stirring. Be sure to mix your lye solution in a well-ventilated area.
Step 2: Weigh the coconut oil and melt.
Step 3: Add the olive oil to the melted coconut oil.
Step 4: Add your coffee grounds and essential oil blend to the base oils.
Step 5: Once your temperatures have cooled to under 100 degrees F, pour your lye solution in the oils and mix to trace. Add coffee grounds and salt at trace.
Step 6: Once you reach trace, pour into your mold. You can pour this into a 10″ silicone loaf mold.
Top with Coffee (optional)
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Soap Properties
Highlighted gray ranges represent recommended ranges for each property.
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INS: 156.55 (ideal)
iodine: 58.95 (ideal)
Calculated Values for Oils and Preferences
| Superfat % | 5% |
| Saturated | 6.70 Ounce(s) |
| Mono-Unsaturated | 10.73 Ounce(s) |
| Poly-Unsaturated | 1.16 Ounce(s) |
| Saturated:Unsaturated Ratio | 63.95:36.05 |
| Lye concentration | 100% |
| Weight Unit | Ounce(s) |
| Soap type | solid |
Fatty Acid Profile
| Oleic | 35.66% |
| Linoleic | 5.80% |
| Linolenic | 0% |
| Ricinoleic | 18% |
| Lauric | 16.45% |
| Myristic | 6.54% |
| Palmitic | 7.77% |
| Stearic | 2.74% |
Recommended Additive Amounts
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For Advanced Soapmakers
| Sodium Lactate (60%)
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| Recommended Essential/Fragrance Oil | 0.88 Ounce(s) | ||||||
| Ascorbic Acid
| 0.20 Ounce(s) | ||||||
| Extra Lye to Neutralize Ascorbic Acid for A.A. | NaOH: 0.04 Ounce(s) | ||||||
| Lactic Acid
| 0.15 Ounce(s) | ||||||
| Extra Lye to Neutralize Lactic Acid for L.A. | NaOH: 0.09 Ounce(s) | ||||||
| Tetrasodium EDTA
| 0.15 Ounce(s) | ||||||
| Sodium Citrate
| 0.26 - 0.78 Ounce(s) | ||||||
| Potassium Citrate
| 0.32 - 0.96 Ounce(s) | ||||||
| Rosemary Oleoresin (ROE)
| 0.01 - 0.01 Ounce(s) | ||||||
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Citric Acid Powder (anhydrous) |
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Extra Lye to Neutralize Citric Acid Powder for C.A. |
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