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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