How Do You Use Coffee Filters Around The House?
The coffee filter was invented in 1908 by a German housewife name Melitta. She and her husband launched the company that bears her name today. The company still make coffee filters the same way she first designed them. Paper coffee filters are versatile around the house and have many more uses than in the coffee machine. Decant wine through a coffee filter. Filter the wine into a decanter to sift out any bits of cork that may be loose it in. Cover food cooking in the microwave. Invert a coffee filter over small bowls or plates to prevent splatters. Serve popcorn, tacos and other messy foods in coffee filters. Use the filters to make sleeves to keep fingers clean. Fashion a funnel from a cone-shaped coffee filter for use in the kitchen or laundry room. Keep a couple coffee filters in the car and snip off the end to add a quart of oil. Fill a coffee filter with baking soda and tie it shut with a twist-tie. Tuck it into the fridge, a closet, a gym locker or under the front seat of the car
