Alternative Recipes
On this page you will find alternative caffenol based recipes. Sometimes, no coffee is involved, as even in caffenol, phenols are the active component.
Piller Cuveeol
250 ml Wine
50 ml black currant juice
2 teaspoons of soda
1 teaspoon vitamin C
Wine was a very cheap Rosé (Piller Rosé, a local wine from croatia, but any Rosé should be fine)
The beetrootol
250 ml Red Beetroot juice
2 teaspoons of washing soda
1 teaspoon vitamin C
Ajvarol
4 teaspoons of chutney
3 teaspoons of water
3 teaspoons of washing soda
1 teaspoon of vitamin C
Ajvar (chutney) is a tasty and aromatic vegetable relish made of peppers, tomatoes, aubergines and spices. Ajvar is naturally rich in vitamin C
2 Comments
Mark Kelsall · January 15, 2021 at 3:02 pm
I’ve had success with developing film with potatoes, I call it Tatosol-C. Just juice / blend a potato (300 grams), add water to 1000 ml then mix in the washing soda (8 tsp), and vitamin C (2 tsp). You need to filter the potato water using a coffee filter before adding the washing soda or vitamin C. Stand develop for 1 hour, with gentle agitation for 1 minutes at the start and about 10 seconds half way through. Go try!
Ivana · October 16, 2021 at 10:25 pm
Do you need to add water to make 1 litre in all those recipes, or multiply everything accordingly to get ~1L? And is it ok to use one batch as the first AND the second developer with reversal film, or you need a fresh one? Thank you 🙂