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An alternative process which in used instead of developing solution to develop a strip of film. The results are usual high contrasting images.

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- 1 liter water
- 54g washing soda
- 16g ascorbic acid crystals
- 40g coffee
- 1g potassium bromide
- 10g iodized table salt
- developing tank (spool, funnel, lid)
- Fixer

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1. Prepare two solutions, labelled A and B.
2. Solution A - mix 54g of washing soda with 300ml of water in a beaker.
3. Solution B - mix 16g of ascorbic acid and 40g coffee (10g salt or 1g potassium bromide are optional) with 700ml water.
4. These measurements make a total of 1 liter of developer but 300 - 350 ml will be enough for one roll of film.
5. Combine solutions A and B, stir until the crystals have completely dissolved.
The film should be spun onto the spool and put into the tank in the dark as per usual
6. Pour the caffenol mix into the tank and develop for 15 minutes, agitating three times per minute.
7. Rinse the film with water and fix as normal.
8. Wash the film strip and hang to dry.

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- When pouring Solution A and B together make sure to do so very slowly as the chemicals react with each other which can cause a mini explosion and make it go everywhere.
- The cheaper the coffee the better this whole process will work. Expensive coffee doesn't make the results any better so there is no point in spending too much money.
- Also decaf coffee cannot be used.
- Excess solution cannot be reused.

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- What most likely went wrong with this process was the time which the film was given to develop. 15 minutes didn't seemed to be long enough as the film came out too thin and completely clear.
- For future attempts, a longer time of 20 - 30 minutes is a recommended start time for development.
- Another problem could have been the solution mix. Granted that this probably didn't cause too much trouble in the end, there was a loss of both solution A and B when they were being mixed together. Causing an actual reaction as the liquids were mixed in too fast.
- This could have caused problems because there was a loss of liquid making the measurements inconsistent and perhaps a bit weaker.

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Although this experiment was completely unsuccessful what i gained most from this was the ability to go through the process thoroughly and identify which areas could have gone wrong. A conclusive decision was not made but the information we gathered can be used to control the area's which could have gone wrong in the second attempt.