 Hey guys, how are you today? Alright, so I thought I'd get on here really quick and just do a quick video about how I made this and what this is. So this is basically coffee. Don't drink it though, because I put glycerin in it. It makes it non-edible anymore. So I wanted to tell you how I made it, why I made it, and what you would use it for. So I... Those of you that travel and love coffee know those free packets of hotel coffee that are in your room usually taste like crap. Pardon my French, they're not good coffee. So I don't usually drink them unless I'm desperate, but I do bring that coffee home. And I will take two of those packets that are intended to make two pots of coffee, and I put all the grounds into a saucepan with a half a pot of coffee's worth of water, and boil it for about 20 minutes or so until that water is nice and dark like this. I'll let it reduce just a little bit, turn it down, and then I am ready. And I strain it into some kind of a big bottle like this or a sprayer. I happen to have this out in the garage. This is actually I think for cake decorating, but it was out in my garage and my statue stuff. And then I put a little bit of glycerin in here, maybe like a tablespoon, and the glycerin will help preserve the water, keep it from evaporating and also keep it from getting moldy. And then what do you do with it? Why do you make it? Well of course it's great for the obvious, which is staining and coffee dying paper. You can also paint with it. So I'm going to put a little bit here. Now depending on how much you let it reduce will make a difference in how dark your coffee stain is. So if you want it really dark, let it reduce down, turn it down to a simmer and let it reduce by like as much as half. I didn't know if I wanted mine that dark, so I didn't let it reduce that long. You could use it with a paintbrush as I'm doing. You could probably use it with a dip fountain pen too. And you get this interesting golden brown color of essentially what's ink. And it is fun to play with to use in your art journal pages and to, I'm sorry, I'm playing with the drips, to create something interesting with something unexpected and to get a color that you're really not going to be able to get any other way. You could probably do this with tea. Coffee is the obvious one for me. And again if you want something darker, just let your coffee mixture simmer on the stove longer until your liquids are reduced by volume by maybe half if you want it really dark by half. And then put it in a bottle, put some glycerin in there, give it a good shake and you're good to go. And this is going to last me a long time. The more coffee grounds you use and the more you reduce it, the darker it's going to be. So keep that in mind. Don't put the glycerin in it until after you've already got it in the bottle and out of your saucepan. You do not want glycerin on your cooking utensils. Don't do that, that idea, okay? Alright and don't drink this, it's not drinkable now. Alright, that's it for today and I want you to go out and try making some coffee ink and see what you can create with it and do something nice for yourself because you deserve it. Alright, I'll see you all later. Bye.