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Quiz: CNBC QUIZ: The World Of Coffee

Question 4 of 8

True or false: A German housewife invented the world's first coffee filter.

  1. True
  2. False
Correct!

The first coffee filter was invented in 1908 by Melitta Bentz, a housewife from Dresden, Germany. She created the filter using blotting paper. Bentz and her husband, Hugo, started the Melitta Bentz company that same year. The Melitta brand is synonymous with coffee filters to this day.

Source: Source: Melitta Co.

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