Alternative Uses for Coffee Filters

Coffee Filters Popcorn
You can use coffee filters to serve popcorn in.

Filter broken cork from wine.
If your cork breaks up into the wine 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 your 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 leaking 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.

Cook Tamales.
Use coffee filters in place of corn husks when making tamales.

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