Pour Over Filters

[Bobonli]

I have a little dripper cup like this that I use every morning. I typically use Moccamaster #4 filters in it. I'm down to my last six in the box of 100 and when I went shopping at that big online shopping place, I noticed that the price range is all over the place. I paid $5 for the last box but they are selling for more than that now, and only in bulk packs. That got me to feeling guilty about throwing out that filter every morning!

Whaddya suggest as a replacement for the paper filter....or is there such a thing?

[Too Tall]

I have a little dripper cup like this that I use every morning. I typically use Moccamaster #4 filters in it. I'm down to my last six in the box of 100 and when I went shopping at that big online shopping place, I noticed that the price range is all over the place. I paid $5 for the last box but they are selling for more than that now, and only in bulk packs. That got me to feeling guilty about throwing out that filter every morning!

Whaddya suggest as a replacement for the paper filter....or is there such a thing?

When I was doing pour over at some point I tried a gold mesh re-usable filter. That reusable filter was terrible. Pony up.

[robin3mj]

I have a Blue Bottle branded ceramic dripper that I use with brown paper cone filters. And a fancy looking glass thing that came with a stainless reusable cone that clogs up like nobody’s.

The former is miles better than the latter. There are probably fifty other easy things you can do to shrink your footprint versus using a reusable filter; caffeine intake is no place to cut corners.

[Tristan]

I've tried reusable steel mesh filters on both an Aeropress and V60-style pour-over and found paper filters to be much better on both.

[Octave]

We use the Kone in our house and it's quite nice. It works best with a very consistent grind because the actual micron size is slightly larger than with paper, and any "dust" you get in an uneven grind may make for a slightly less clean cup but honestly I don't think it's too noticeable.

Sure, in the end the paper filters can be composted and aren't really that much paper, but every bit counts right? Disposable culture is the pits...

[kytyree]

Paper filters on that online shopping place are price gouged in a ridiculous fashion, that it is still going on shows how little some people apparently care about spending money.

I know I can order directly from Chemex at a better price than Bezos lets them gouge me. Last I checked Chemex had some protections in place to keep people from buying too many and I am assuming cleaning them out to resell online.

A place I buy coffee from once in awhile has a fair price on the Chemex filters I like now and so I just buy a box from them whenever I order something else. I only make pour over a couple times a week at most so 100 goes a long way but I don't see me straying from the nice paper filters.

[guido]

I like the re-usable gold mesh filters. Although I do like dark, thick and bitter coffee...

[Scott G.]

'ave a Brewologist, stainless filter, doesn't clog.
But a use a cheesy burr grinder and like 30w beers.

[lumpy]

Imho there is no substitute. I use Melitta No. 4 filters that are about $3.70 for 100 and I've never found anything better, and I can buy them at my local supermarket.

[froze]

Imho there is no substitute. I use Melitta No. 4 filters that are about $3.70 for 100 and I've never found anything better, and I can buy them at my local supermarket.

THIS! This is the cheapest option and they're great filters, and they can be found at any grocery store or Walmart store.

[rwsaunders]

Speaking of pour over, my middle kid asked for a pour over system for his birthday. Chemex, Hario...what do folks like?