Filter Coffee, Favorite of Generation Z!
In the assemblies where there are several generations from grandchildren to grandchildren, Turkish coffee, water and Turkish delight in cups with tinsel embroidered divides our conversation. And one of the old says:
“A cup of coffee has forty years sake”
The aforementioned proverb was come to one’s ears during the days we spent with our grandparents. Generations have changed since those days. As such, when close friends from Generation Z gather at the same table, filter coffee varieties or derivatives have become drinkable.
What is Filter Coffee?
Filtered coffee is a type of coffee prepared in such a way that the ground coffee beans are filtered and their grounds remain in the filter . The Filter of coffee can change as paper, metal, cloth according to brewing method.
Depending on the region where the coffee bean you choose is grown, its rates in hardness, aroma and acidity vary. For example, Brazilian coffee is soft and nutty , while Kenya coffee has an acidic and tropical flavor. There are many types of filter coffee like the ones we mentioned. I’d rather you experience them than tell a wide array of others
Melitta Bentz, the Inventor of Filter Coffee
While the world woke up every day to other events at the beginning of the 20th century, a housewife in Germany found a type of coffee that we still use today. The inventor we are talking about is Melitta Bentz, mother of two. The mentioned method of brewing coffee was found in 1908. This method is the favorite of the new generation, filter coffee.
Melitta Bentz was a true coffee lover. Melitta was uncomfortable with the grounds coming into her mouth while sipping her coffee. Bentz made small holes in the bottom of a bowl at home with the help of a hammer and nails. Then he placed a piece of paper over the holes in the bowl . Melitta Bentz, separated the bowl and coffee grounds from the coffee she prepared.
Bentz patented the filter coffee from the Imperial Patent Office. She continued to produce the coffee filters, which he had started to manufacture in a room of his house as handmade, from the factory she established with the profit she gained in the following days. This business with international studies is still operated by Melitta’s grandchildren.
How about brewing a filter coffee now?
If you wish, you can read this article in Turkish
