Original Ideas for Coffee Filter Usage
An environmental journalist, Lori Bongiorno, has drawn up a list of twelve alternative uses for coffee filters from ground coffee. Having never really considered that they might hold any potential outside their traditional usage, the writer has come across some rather unique ideas for these filters.
Given their practicality and relatively low cost compared with other products, Bongiorno’s catalogue of alternative modes of employment gives a good reason to have a box of coffee filters in the house.
Firstly, given coffee filters’ lint-free credentials, they make the ideal window cleaner, as they don’t leave behind any residue. Secondly and along similar lines, they also make light work of smudges on glasses, mirrors, monitors and camera lenses, as well as doubling up as a diffuser for cameras if placed over the flash to soften its brightness.
Other possible uses include a wine filter substitute for situations where the cork might be broken, convenient tea bags for loose tea leaves when secured with string¸ a great way of tying up herbs to create a bouquet garni for cooking and – in the same vein – an ideal way of making any type of sachet, be it lavender bags or otherwise.
Continuing through Bongiorno’s list, other food for thought revolves around the use of coffee filters as flower pot liners, for placing between crockery to protect individual pieces from any potential damage associated by direct contact, keeping microwaves free from splatters by placing a coffee filter over the top of a plate or bowl, backing for embroidery or sewing projects and lastly, for storage purposes – wrapping around infrequently used items to protect them.