The pour-over brewing method is one of the fastest and most efficient methods of brewing coffee, producing a cup somewhere between french press and auto-drip. If you use a "gold" filter, the brew will have a presence similar to the French Press and if you use a paper filter, it will resemble auto-drip coffee. This method is also known as the Melitta process, after a German Hausfrau, Melitta Bentz (1873-1950) of Dresden, who originated it in 1908. The Melitta Company, which she founded and in whose operations she remained involved till her death in 1950, is widely believed to have done more than anyone else to popularize the pour-over method of brewing coffee; as a direct result, it has become one of the most widely-employed of all "hot brewing" methods