100 years ago Melitta Bentz, a housewife from Dresden, finally had enough of bitter taste and grinding teeth when drinking coffee. A sheet of blotting paper from the school book of her son Willy gave her a simply idea to filter out the indigestible coffee grounds using a filter and paper when making coffee. She pottered around with a perforated brass cup and on 20 June 1908, the entrepreneurial foundations were laid.