Melitta Paper Coffee Filters - 30 units.

Do you know what microholes are and what they are for? The microholes are small holes in the filter paper and are distributed in the exact quantity and made in the precise size to extract all the aroma and flavor of real fresh coffee. They are also responsible for faster filtration, ensuring that the water remains in contact with the powder for as long as necessary for the best possible result when preparing the most special coffees.

Do you know the story of the inventor of the paper strainer? ????

The Mellita company, founded in 1908, ironically arose from many domestic disputes. At home, Amalie Auguste Melitta Bentz received complaints from her husband about the coffee made with a cloth strainer. He said that every time he drank coffee, it had a different flavor. This happened because the cloth strainer aged with use and time. It was there that Mrs. Melitta created a new coffee preparation system, inventing the first manufactured paper strainer. She patented the system, which began to be used throughout the world. In Brazil, the paper filter arrived at the end of the 60s and is still present in Brazilian homes today.

The factory she created had difficult times, especially during the great wars in Europe, but Melitta did not lose heart and even sold cardboard on the street, to support her family. Looking for a larger and more suitable industrial area, the company moved to Minden in 1929 (where the headquarters remains today) and in 1930, his son Horst took charge of the business, leading the now "Bentz & Sohn" to become a Big company.

With Horst's progress in command, Melitta passed on her shares to her children in 1932 and went behind the scenes, but remained with the company, ensuring that employees were well treated, received Christmas bonuses, increased vacation days for 6 to 15 days and reduced the work week to 5 days.

She ended up creating the “Melitta Aid” System, a company social fund for employees.

When most countries still did not have laws that would organize funds, working hours, holidays and better working conditions, Mrs Melitta guaranteed this for all her employees.

In addition to the internal repercussions within her company, she soon influenced the treatment of other workers, benefits and working hours in Europe and the world, as she was at the head of one of the largest companies at the time with great visibility and great expansion.