From: "Mathew Hargreaves" 
To: "Dennis M. Reed" 
Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2003 6:51 PM 
Subject: Early Filtron instructions... 
Here are the basic instructions for the Filtron taken from the website below.
This photo was sent in by the noted 40s Phil of central Indiana:
http://www.jitterbuzz.com/indcof.html
Phil writes: "Here's how you made instant coffee in the old days if you didn't care for Instant-Postum.
It's the Filtron cold water coffee extractor, it works like this:
1.Put a pound of ground coffee in the large middle bowl 
2.Fill the upper chamber with cold water 
3.Invert the upper chamber over the coffee chamber 
4.Water drips slowly (overnight recommended) through the coffee grounds 
5.An Extract ends up in the lower pot (that closely resembles a coffee server) 
6.Add the highly concentrated extract (1 ounce) to a cup of hot water.. 
7.Voilla! you have instant coffee 

If stored in a sealed glass jar this extract will last a month or more, according to the instruction book.
The price of the Filtron was $19.50. "