History of Meilita Melita filter Cup: introduction to the origin and flavor characteristics of Starbucks Melita filter cup

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Many people first come into contact with hand-brewed coffee and enter the pit from Starbucks, but do you know? In fact, the hand-brewed coffee filter cup used by Starbucks was invented by the Germans.

Starbucks common hand filter cup, is the world's earliest hand rate-meilita Merita filter cup, the upper body is a fan-shaped, upper round and lower ellipse, the bottom is only a filter hole, the filter cup internal powder wall protruding-commonly known as ribs or ribs. This is the Melita filter cup.

On June 20, 1908, Melita registered a German woman's invention with the Royal Patent Office: a copper coffee filter cup with an arch bottom and a water hole. Melita-Benz founded the "Melita Company" at her home with a small amount of money and used her autograph Melitta as the registered trademark of the product. This is the world's first follicular coffee cup, thus changing the history of coffee brewing in Germany and around the world.

A German housewife who lived a century ago, while suffering from the taste of coffee grounds and the bitterness of overcooking, happened to see her 9-year-old son wiping the ink stains from her homework with blotting paper. Suddenly, a flash of lightning flashed through her head. Then she found the brass pot at home, smashed several small holes in the bottom of the pot, put her son's blotting paper in the pot, put the coffee powder on it, and boiled it. After all dripping out the liquid, I found that the coffee liquid was much clearer and tasted like never before.

This is the story of the origin of the filter cup. The brand created by Aunt May is still widely used in the mainstream coffee industry today, especially Starbucks, the world's largest coffee chain, where almost every Starbucks hand-flushing store uses Melitta filter cups.

As one of the most representative fan-shaped filter cups, the inside of Melitta has clear straight ribs (also known as diversion groove), while there is only a small hole at the bottom.

Speaking of this, I think of an angry thing. The first filter cup I bought was the Melitta of Starbucks. As a result, the filter paper sold by Starbucks did not match the filter cup, and the model was not shown on the filter cup. I only bought the right filter paper after many attempts.

All right, let me calm down and go on to say that the other representative filter cup in the fan shape is the Kalita sector filter cup from Japan. Unlike Melitta, the mainstream Kalita fan filter cup has three small holes at the bottom, and there are 2 holes and 4 holes, so air and water flow through more easily.

Generally speaking, the fan-shaped filter cup belongs to the semi-immersion type, and it is easy to flush out most of the flavor of the beans (including those not so good at the back end, of course). It is said that Mr. Taguchi also prefers to use fan-shaped filter cups.

Melitta Melita Cup

The Melita Cup was first invented and patented by Mrs. Merita in Germany in 1908. This filter cup is tapered and has a bullet hole design at the bottom, also known as the bullet hole cup. Also known as the bullet hole cup is Sanyo Youtian 101. The single-hole cup has small holes and slow flow rate, so it is suitable for medium-deep roasted coffee. In addition, the Merita cup is slightly shallower than the Sanyo filter cup, and the bottom of the cup is slightly narrow. therefore, when brewing coffee in the Merita cup, the water stays in the cup for a shorter time than Sanyo 101, and the coffee flushed out has a lighter flavor, while the coffee flushed out by Sanyo 101 has a slightly miscellaneous flavor and a higher mellow thickness.

Although Melita filter cup has a long history, it has been lasting for a long time. Today, there are still many novice and veteran experts who choose Melita filter cup. The really good design is not because of how perfect the appearance is, but because it is practical and durable. Melita filter cup, with the strength to prove that this hand invented a hundred years ago to open the filter cup, it is still popular today!

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