Sep 18, 2025

Caffenol CL Film Developer

You can make a very high-quality “Caffenol” black-and-white film developer using instant coffee and a few other common household ingredients. There are many well-known recipes; I have been using Caffenol CL almost exclusively for years with a wide variety of film.

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Sep 17, 2025

Caffenol Film Developer

Caffenol is an informal name for a category of black-and-white film developers made with coffee and other household ingredients. There are many recipes for developing film with Caffenol, but some common factors and knowledge apply to all of them. Getting great results with Caffenol is absolutely possible; you can match or beat some of the best commercial film developers if you know how. This article shares some of the things I have learned about Caffenol after using it as my main film developer for years.

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