Coffee Filter Vs Paper Filter Options

[Guest_behappy_*]

I started using the coffee filter basket insert rather than paper type but honestly I find that the coffee tastes awful. It also seems to require more coffee, has anyone else had this experience.

[Guest_fun1_*]

I started using the coffee filter basket insert rather than paper type but honestly I find that the coffee tastes awful. It also seems to require more coffee, has anyone else had this experience.

Through the time I think we got smarter. We started wiyh the perculator, then later in years switched to the coffee maker, but now we save time & dishes & it is a lot less work. We got the water dispencer with hot, cold & luke warm water & just use the instant coffee. It taste just as good & a lot less work. Try it you might like it.

[ichabod]

Instant coffee? Not a bad drink, but not coffee.

We've tried various things, but have settled on drip coffee with paper filters.

If you feel guilty about the carbon footprint, we suggest you take a ride on a nice, ecological corporate jet down to the Al Gore estate in Tennessee and ask him for one of those carbon credit indulgences he sells through his company.

Otherwise, give up drinking coffee, and buy free-traded tofu whey. Tastes like you'd expect, but you'll be so-o-o-o virtuous.

You might even get an honorary mention from the Nobel committee next year. What the hell, they've endorsed Yasser Arafat and Henry Kissinger, so why not you and me?

[lizbeth50]

I started using the coffee filter basket insert rather than paper type but honestly I find that the coffee tastes awful. It also seems to require more coffee, has anyone else had this experience.

What I dislike about the filter basket inserts is that they let coffee grounds through. I bought the finest mesh one and paid $15.00 dollars for it and was thorughly dissatisfied.

For all penny pinchers and econauts, it is possible to rinse the paper filter out and use it a second time.

[kcowan]

Our Oster machine has a bult-in filter. We used it for a while, then removed it and have been using cone filters since. Our morning coffee is worth the extra pennies. Plus it eliminates the residue in the cup.

But I sold the BMW convertible so that must count for something...

[rewind]

Coffee filters are already 'recycled' material.

I once did a job at a Proctor & Gamble plant where they made Pampers, Luvs, and Always products. The huge assembly machines that produce these products can pump out units at rates up to perhaps 1000 per min. During the startup operation and until it is running smoothly, the product is not packaged for distribution. Rather, it is run into huge buckets. I asked what happens to these 'seconds' figuring they were probably sold under a different brand as 'bargain' products. P&G informed me that they never produce for other brands and they never sell products as 'seconds'. The discarded product was sold to a company who recycled them into filters.

So, now you know what your coffee filter was (or at least, might have been).

[Guest_fun1_*]

Coffee filters are already 'recycled' material.

I once did a job at a Proctor & Gamble plant where they made Pampers, Luvs, and Always products. The huge assembly machines that produce these products can pump out units at rates up to perhaps 1000 per min. During the startup operation and until it is running smoothly, the product is not packaged for distribution. Rather, it is run into huge buckets. I asked what happens to these 'seconds' figuring they were probably sold under a different brand as 'bargain' products. P&G informed me that they never produce for other brands and they never sell products as 'seconds'. The discarded product was sold to a company who recycled them into filters.

So, now you know what your coffee filter was (or at least, might have been).

I guess now I know why we switched to instant coffee.

[Guest_behappy_*]

LoL well, i agree they are hard to clean too, so, have gone back to using paper filters, the coffee tastes better.

So Al Gore, eat your heart out -

[yaya1]

I use a basket with a paper filter in it. I read some time ago that double filtering your coffee was beneficial but at this time, I can't remember the reason why. I'm in the habit of doing it now and I have to say, my coffee is never bitter tasting, always good to the last drop so to speak.

[Guest_fun1_*]

I am with you fun1. We now drink instant. We are so used to it now it doesn't matter much. I remember the days when we used to put canned carnation milk in our coffee.

I like my `` Double-Double``,I guess that I was never sweet enough.

[call_me_stella]

...behappy, are you using a metal or plastic mesh filter? I tried the fine metal mesh filters but didn't like the taste, so I switched over to the plastic mesh, which is an improvement over the metal ones. ...and yeah, it does take a bit of getting used to but after awhile you begin not to notice the diff in taste. I love coffee but I can't make a decent cup to save my life...

[Guest_eaglecrest_*]

We too have tried the filter basket, but have switched to paper. In fact, we've taken a backward step and pour boiling water through a #6 paper filter directly into a thermos. Our kids think we are dinosaurs!!! But the coffee tastes consistently great. That said, does anyone know of a less expensive supply of #6 filters than the Melitta brand? We used to buy them in packs of 200 at Zellers, but the local store no longer gets them.

[pencil pusher]

We too have tried the filter basket, but have switched to paper. In fact, we've taken a backward step and pour boiling water through a #6 paper filter directly into a thermos. Our kids think we are dinosaurs!!! But the coffee tastes consistently great. That said, does anyone know of a less expensive supply of #6 filters than the Melitta brand? We used to buy them in packs of 200 at Zellers, but the local store no longer gets them.

We buy our filters at Costco. You get a lot at once but the price per filter is good. PP

[darcie]

Speaking of coffee, recently I was in another city and we dropped in at a Starbucks, the coffee was the most bitter I have ever had. I could not finish it and that is saying something for me.

Another mystery is that when you want a Tim Horton they are nowhere to be found, but if you aren't looking for one they are everywhere.

I figure Timmy uses paper filters and Starbucks uses metal.

[wildie]

Maybe Timmy's wife was cleaning up and put all the Timmy's away!
As wives are want to do!

[Guest_behappy_*]

...behappy, are you using a metal or plastic mesh filter? I tried the fine metal mesh filters but didn't like the taste, so I switched over to the plastic mesh, which is an improvement over the metal ones. ...and yeah, it does take a bit of getting used to but after awhile you begin not to notice the diff in taste. I love coffee but I can't make a decent cup to save my life...

Plastic mesh filter. I thought I was going to do my bit for the environment but it's not to be.

Can't stand Starbucks coffee, too expensive as well.

[waldi]

I have a mesh filter but find it is too much of a chore to clean it out. Even after tapping out the coffee grounds and then let the rest dry up which takes forever, it needs much water to rinse out the filter, and then there is the sink to rinse out. So there goes our precious water.

[tipacanoe]

Why are the paper filters an issue anyway? They decompose readily.

[nell3]

While reading these postings I admit to being a bit of a DT(doubting Thomas).But,since I really was no longer enjoying my morning cup of coffee,decided to switch to a paper filter. I am now a believer! Al Gore shouldn't mind too much since the paper filters go into the compost. I haven't put coffee grounds in my houseplants but always into the outdoor gardens.

[snowbird2002]

I am a coffee addict and I enjoy good coffee. Good being the operative word. I've tried many methods from a stove top percolator, an electric percolator, drip coffee maker, French press, etc. and my preference is a stove top percolator (reminiscent of our camping days).

However it takes too long in the morning to percolate a pot of coffee, I need my caffeine jolt more quickly so we use a drip coffee maker in the morning (we perk at other times). We've used both paper filters and a mesh basket filter. I don't care for the paper ones as all I can taste is paper ... ewwwww! My current coffee maker has the metal basket but on other models that didn't I purchased one separately.

When using a paper filter all the oil from the coffee beans is absorbed into the paper. I suppose this is better if you're watching your fat intake but for me, the coffee bean oil has a lot of coffee flavour in it and I opt for flavour.