Melitta Bentz would start out her mornings in Dresden in a manner as mundane as the person in the apartment next door, and the one next door to that: with a cup of freshly brewed coffee. But rather ...

She changed the coffee drinking world. There are few things more mundane than a paper coffee filter. Plain, often white (though they are actually brown) and disposable, its sole purpose is to keep ...

In 1908, Melitta Bentz, a frustrated mother in Dresden, transformed mornings worldwide by inventing the paper coffee filter. Tired of gritty, bitter coffee, she experimented with her son’s blotting ...

CLEARWATER, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Melitta USA, a brand well-recognized for exceptional quality in all aspects of coffee and coffee preparation, is excited to debut its newest innovation – premium ...

If you've ever wondered what genius invented the coffee filter as you sip a freshly brewed cup, allow this brief introduction to make you appreciate your daily dose of caffeine even more. Melitta ...

In the early 1900s, a housewife named Melitta Bentz changed history when she transformed a piece of paper from her son's notebook into the world's first disposable coffee filter. Today, the Melitta ...

Melitta Bentz in 1897 with her husband, Hugo. She invented the coffee filter using a piece of blotting paper from her son’s school notebook. MELITTA Bentz would start out her mornings in Dresden in a ...