Different Types of Coffee Filter, Best Coffee Dripper Pros and Cons

Different Types of Coffee Filter, Best Coffee Dripper Pros and Cons

There are three main types of coffee filters on the market: paper, cloth, and metal. Coffee is one of the most popular beverages in the world. A good coffee filter can not only filter coffee impurities, but also retain the taste of coffee. This article will briefly introduce the pros and cons of the three types of materials, and which material is the best coffee dripper and filter.

Paper Coffee Filter

Coffee filter paper is the most traditional one-time use filter product. It uses extremely dense fibers to retain the ground coffee beans and coffee powder. The extracted coffee is filtered into the cup to obtain a clean coffee solution.

The filter paper can also filter coffee terpene esters, and good filter paper can filter out impurities, and the coffee tastes more mellow and the aroma is more obvious.

• Pros: high convenience, no need to clean, throw away after use; clean taste; less impurities.
• Cons: less environmentally friendly; unbleached paper will have a paper smell; oil will be filtered out, resulting in coffee without better taste.

Cloth Coffee Filter

Flannel filter cloth is usually used in Chemex coffeemaker, the troublesome is cleaning and storage, if the oil on the filter cloth is not cleaned, it will affect the taste over time, and it need to be washed and dried, can not be used many times a day.

• Pros: The taste of coffee is between metal and filter paper.
• Cons: Not easy to clean and cannot be used for a long time.

Suggestion: The filter cloth needs to be cleaned and preserved, otherwise the peculiar smell may appear. It is recommended to use baking soda powder to clean it. The flannel filter cloth has better permeability and heat preservation. The aroma and taste of the brewed coffee are more saturated and rich.

Metal Coffee Filter and Dripper (Stainless Steel Reusable Coffee Filter and Dripper)

In recent years, the awareness of environmental protection has risen, and many coffee filter manufacturers have developed metal coffee filter and dripper, made of food-grade stainless steel, to replace less environmentally friendly filter paper, which can be reused after cleaning.

• Pros: Reusable, more environmentally friendly, more original taste of coffee.
• Cons: Oil cannot be filtered, fine powder is easy to cause excessive extraction and lead to bitter taste; fine powder will pass through the filter into the coffee.

Suggestion: After use, use a clean brush to lightly brush and use baking soda powder to remove oil, so that not to affect the next brewing taste. The metal coffee filter and dripper can retain oil, and the taste will be thicker and closer to the original taste of the coffee beans. In the blind test, it can also feel the difference from the filter paper.