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MY TEN FAVOURITE PIECES OF PRODUCT DESIGN #2: Coffee filter
December 23, 2007, 2:32 pm
Filed under: Easy, design, design classics series, food, simple

Germany, 1908
Melitta Bentz

Coffee filter cone
Surprising that one of the most minimalist ways of brewing coffee is also one of the best! Note that Bentz was repsonsible for the idea of the paper filter, not necessarily the plastic cone.
(Via About.com inventors)

Good because

Best taste, and very easy to clean!



Food and the outdoors
March 24, 2007, 8:33 pm
Filed under: food, googlemaps, outdoors

Why is food always better in the outdoors, especially after hard work? Some of my top culinary moments have been the simplest things, enhanced by ‘honest appetite”: