Uses for coffee filters
- Filter broken cork from wine. If you break the cork when opening a wine bottle, filter the wine through a coffee filter.
- Clean windows and mirrors. Coffee filters are lint-free so they'll leave windows sparkling.
- Protect china. Separate your good dishes by putting a coffee filter between each dish.
- Cover bowls or dishes when cooking in the microwave. Coffee filters make excellent covers.
- Protect a cast-iron skillet. Place a coffee filter in the skillet to absorb moisture and prevent rust.
- Apply shoe polish. Ball up a lint-free coffee filter.
- Recycle frying oil. After frying, strain oil through a sieve lined with a coffee filter.
- Weigh chopped foods. Place chopped ingredients in a coffee filter on a kitchen scale.
- Hold tacos. Coffee filters make convenient wrappers for messy foods.
- 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.
- 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.