Coffee Filter Day #2!

Created in 1908 by German housewife named Melitta Bentz, paper coffee filters were invented primarily to make you an enjoyable and tasty coffee... Considering that coffee filter is a very inexpensive item, you may find plenty of alternative and amazing uses for it...

Store delicate items safely

Wrap fragile items such as Christmas ornaments, fine glasses, light bulbs, small porcelain objects etc., in coffee filters before packing them away.

Sewing projects

Coffee filters can be a very helpful and great backing for embroidering or appliqueing soft fabrics.

Make smelling sachets

Tie lavender or other dried flowers and herbs in coffee filters and store them in drawers, closets, cars etc., leaving a fresh and pleasant smell wherever you have to be.

Taking a picture using flash

To soften the glare in a photo, place a coffee filter over your flash. You can also use the filters over lights or lamps to reduce direct light when taking indoor pictures.

Cooking stew or soup

Tie up herbs in a coffee filter before dropping them in the pot. Easily remove it when you are finished cooking. Coffee filters are a very practical replacement for cheesecloth in this case. You can use the same method to make tea bags.

Keeping microwave clean

To avoid splatters inside your microwave oven, cover dishes with coffee filters. You can even reuse them a few times.

Watermelon stain

Very easy removal! At the first sight of watermelon pink stain, soak up as much of the juice as you can with a dry paper towel. Then with a wet paper towel, blot at the stain.