Melitta #2 Cone Coffee Filters Are Made From Thicker, Textured, High Quality Paper To Ensure The Cone Filters Will Hold Their Shape And Won'T Tear. A Higher Concentration Of Fibers In Melitta Coffee Filters Trap More Bitter Oils, Sediment And Coffee Impurities Resulting In A Better Cup Of Coffee. An Added Extra Crimp For Additional Strength Prevents Filter Bursts And Provides Safe, Easy Disposal. These Cone Coffee Filters Are Made From Unbleached Paper Pulp For Today'S Demand For Environmentally Safe, Natural Products, And Melitta Makes Annual Contributions To The American Forests Global Releaf Fund.Melitta Filter Paper Is Made From Thicker, Textured, High Quality Paper To Ensure The Basket Filters Will Hold Their Shape And Won'T Tear. A Higher Concentration Of Fibers In Melitta Coffee Filters Trap More Bitter Oils, Sediment And Coffee Impurities Resulting In A Better Cup Of Coffee.The Melitta Company Was Founded In 1908, After Melitta Bentz Grew Tired Of The Bitterness And Troublesome Grounds In Her Coffee. With A Spark Of Inventiveness, She Poked Holes In A Brass Pot And Used Her Son'S Blotting Paper To Create The Worlds First Coffee Filter, And A Smooth Tasting Brew That Was Never Bitter. Since Then, We Have Continued To Build On Our Values Of Quality, Innovation And Great Taste. After All, As Melitta Bentz Believed, The Best Things In Life Are Those You Make Yourself. We Know She Would Be Proud.