The Melitta name has stood for passion and quality for over 100 years. In 1908, Melitta filters and drip coffee were founded by a housewife in Minden, Germany. Melitta Bentz was in search of a better way to make a cleaner cup of coffee. So she punched holes in a brass pot and used a
The Melitta name has stood for passion and quality for over 100 years. In 1908, Melitta filters and drip coffee were founded by a housewife in Minden, Germany. Melitta Bentz was in search of a better way to make a cleaner cup of coffee. So she punched holes in a brass pot and used a piece of paper to create a two-part filtration system. She put the pot on a cup, filled it with ground coffee and poured in hot water. The coffee filter and drip coffee were born. More than 100 years later, Melitta Bentz’s innovation remains the precursor to all modern pour-over and drip coffee brewing worldwide.
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Still the best single cup making gadget on the face of the earth
Simple and effective
French press is fine, but too much bother. Coffee from electric coffee maker always lacks something, but great if you want many cups. I’ve lately come to like “Pour over” the best. (in a tall thermal cup). My stainless, paper filterless, pour-over takes too long, now that I’ve had it awhile. No kind of cleaning will restore its’ original flow rate. I have a collapsible silicon pour over thing that really is good, but I can’t see how much is in the cup without lifting it up. Overfills are frequent. This Melitta cone brewer is perfect. There are ridges inside to channel the brew so the filter is held away from the cone so the brew is not all coming from the bottom of the filter. Some don’t like the lack of a handle. It HAS a handle in the form of the offset top (“form follows function in good design”). Some say it’s too unstable & will tip too easy. Well, it is if you use a traditional “cup”. This is more for a “mug” or something that won’t rock. I wanted it for the…