Okay–so maybe not 101, but they are SO versatile! 
I buy coffee filters with more in mind that filtering my coffee, but who’d of thought of just HOW useful these little gems are?! I buy mine in packages of 700 from Costco at around $2.50–!~
Here at our Homestead I use coffee filters for TONS of things! My favorite use for coffee filters is what they were designed for, filtering my favorite Dillanos Coffee, Mmmmmmmm!
However, they have TONS of other uses! They are a GREAT item to have a bit of extra stock on hand of! I am constantly using mine for straining all kinds of things– toss in an old canning jar and old ring and you’ve got a great, yet cheap system for straining just about anything! Coffee filters are so multi-purpose, here are some ideas:
Straining raw goat milk!
Cover bowls or dishes when cooking in the microwave. Coffee filters make excellent covers. Prevent lots of mess & additional clean up from spatters.
Straining my Vinegar Herbal Rinses.
Cleaning windows, mirrors, and such. Coffee filters are lint-free, so they work great!
Protect Dishes by placing a coffee filter between them!
Protect Cast Iron, coffee filters absorb moisture, so when placed between Cast Iron–they can absorb any moisture which can cause Cast Iron to rust!
Ever break a cork off in your bottle of vino, and have those lovely little cork pieces floating around your glass of wine? Filter it thru a coffee filter! Voila!
Filter cooking oil for reuse!
Coffee filters make excellent taco holders! Homemade tacos get messy quick, place them in a coffee filter and they are much easier to eat and clean up after! Coffee Filters make great messy food holders!
When you give the youngin’s a popsicle or frozen treat on a summer day, poke the stick thru a coffee filter to minimize drips and messies!
Use them over and under your pressed flowers, between your wood pieces or old phone book pages–absorb moisture and keep any flowers from sticking!
When fryin’ up our homemade ‘chicken strips’ or turkey bacon–they absorb any grease really well!
Coffee Filters make great snack bowls–for popcorn, chips, dried cereal, granola, raisins, etc., etc.! No dishes either–now that is a ‘win win’ !
When saving your heirloom seed, put the seeds in a coffee filter, not only do they absorb moisture but they keep the seeds all in one place
Great cut fruit holder for snacks!
Make great mess free spoon holders when cooking!
Strain Soup Stock!
Fill with a bit of baking soda and tie up with twine or yarn, insert into shoes to absorb odors and dry shoes or hubbys work boots!
Fill with Herbs to make disposable drawer sachets!
Fill with Herbs for your soup stocks, tie off top leaving one string long to tie off on pot handle–when done, just pull up your ‘herb sachet’ and toss Easy–no clean up!
In hard times, or if you’ve just let the pantry run low? Coffee Filters CAN be used in place of TP! Cheap, takes waaaaaaay less space than TP and biodegradable!
What ‘other things’ do you use yours for?
~ Lisa
