Uses for coffee filters

  1. Filter broken cork from wine. If you break the cork when opening a wine bottle, filter the wine through a coffee filter.
  2. Clean windows and mirrors. Coffee filters are lint-free so they'll leave windows sparkling.
  3. Protect china. Separate your good dishes by putting a coffee filter between each dish.
  4. Cover bowls or dishes when cooking in the microwave. Coffee filters make excellent covers.
  5. Protect a cast-iron skillet. Place a coffee filter in the skillet to absorb moisture and prevent rust.
  6. Apply shoe polish. Ball up a lint-free coffee filter.
  7. Recycle frying oil. After frying, strain oil through a sieve lined with a coffee filter.
  8. Weigh chopped foods. Place chopped ingredients in a coffee filter on a kitchen scale.
  9. Hold tacos. Coffee filters make convenient wrappers for messy foods.
  10. Stop the soil from leaking out of a plant pot. Line a plant pot with a coffee filter to prevent the soil from going through the drainage holes.
  11. Prevent a popsicle from dripping. Poke one or two holes as needed in a coffee filter. Insert the popsicle and let the filter catch the drips.