Many quirky/interesting use of Coffee filter in our daily life

Interesting use of Coffee filter in our daily life

Recently I came through this article in web and I was surprised to see how many ways we all can use coffee filter in our daily life.

If you know anymore use please add in this blog……

Around 80 years ago first paper coffee filter was created by German housewife named Melitta Bentz. She wanted to remove the bitter taste caused by boiling loose grounds or using the typical method of linen to brew coffee.

Coffee filters of paper are made from about 100 g/cm2 crêped paper. The crêping allows the coffee to flow freely between the filter and the filtration funnel. The raw materials (pulp) for the filter paper are coarse long fiber, often from fast growing trees. Both bleached and unbleached qualities are made.

 

Kinds of Filters:

There are two different shapes of holders/filters: Cone (round top gradually tapering down to the bottom) and Basket (circular holder/filter with a flat bottom). What filter shape you use depends on your coffeemaker.

In general, cone shaped holders/filters are recommended as they ensure optimal coffee saturation and extraction versus basket shaped holders/filters.

Paper versus Permanent Filters:

Although your coffeemaker may have come with a built in coffee filter, paper filters will brew the most flavorful cup.

Paper Filters

Paper filters are the best way to brew coffee utilizing the drip method. They do the most thorough job in removing particulates and effectively trap bitter sediments for a smoother less bitter cup of coffee. In addition, paper filters allow you to use any type of grind while permanent filters require courser grinds. Finer grind coffees have a larger surface area exposed to the water so it provides a richer cup of coffee. Some permanent filters also transfer foreign taste and odor to your coffee.

Paper coffee filters have many more uses than in the coffee machine.Here is the list:

1.         Grease Soakers

 Put your bacon Fries, chicken and pizza in them. They soak out all grease.

2.         Disposable popcorn/snacks bowls

They work great as disposable popcorn/snacks bowls

 

3.         Remove Makeup

They work great to remove makeup.

 

4.         Putting cake and pie.

Serve as plate for cake and pie

5.         Hold Sandwich

They are good hold sandwich than a napkin

6.         Embroidering

Good for backing of embroidering soft fabrics, easy to tear away afterwards. Machine embroidering also.

7.         Potty Chair

Use one to line the potty chair "cup" when potty training toddlers. No messy cleanups

 

8.         Paper Towel

They can be used as replacement for Paper Towel

9.         Flower

 Just dips your coffee filter in colored water (a few drops of water and a couple drops of food coloring). Let them dry. After they dry, cut them out into flowery shapes.

10.       Popsicle Holder

 Push the stick of a Popsicle thru a coffee filter to catch the drips.

11.       Bowl for cooking

 Use coffee filters to hold dry ingredients when you are baking. You can get everything ready and it doesn't take your entire countertop.

12.       Potted Plant

 Use them under the base of a potted plant to keep the soil from leaking out when you water the plant.

 

13.       China Plates

 Use these filters between plates to prevent scratching.

14.       Use as a Liner

Use one as a liner in the new pot when re-potting your plants -- it keeps the finer dirt particles from running out the drain holes

 

15.       Dishes

Fewer dishes to wash

16.       Mirror Cleaners

Very handy to clean mirrors

17.       Bowls Cover

They excellent cover when cooking in microwave.

18.       Cleans windows

They are lint-free so they leave windows sparkling

 

19.       Broken Cork

Filter your wine when the cork of your wine.is broken

20.       Cast-iron skillet

Place a filer in skillet to absorb moisture prevent filter rust

 

21.       Shoe Polish

Use them to apply shoe polish

 

22.       Frying Oil

uses them to catch the small food remnants from the oil.

 

23.       Weigh chopped food

Place shopped ingredient in coffee filter on a kitchen scale

24.       Tacos holder

They make good wrappers for messy foods.

25.       Razor nick fixes

They are good recover nick fixers.

26.       TV screen and computer screen

Good cleaner

27.       Prevent Odors

 Put baking soda into a coffee filter and insert into a closet to absorb or prevent odors.

28.       Eye Glass cleaner

They are very nice cleaner for eye glasses

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