Which filter to choose for hand-brewed coffee: comparison of filter paper, metal filter mesh and filter cloth

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Many hobbies buy coffee beans, use bean grinders, purchase appliances to brew coffee, will choose their own common convenient filtration methods, the following analysis comparison, filter paper, metal filter cloth, these appliances are not only convenient but also easy to use.

Paper, coffee, filter paper.

Coffee filter paper is the most traditional one-time use of filter supplies, the vast majority of uses are used to filter coffee using follicular coffee, the use of extremely dense fibers to retain ground coffee beans, coffee powder, extract coffee filter to the cup, get clean coffee solution, filter paper can also filter coffee terpene esters, mostly plant organic products, and good filter paper can filter out impurities, coffee drink more alcohol, aroma is more obvious.

Advantages: high convenience, disposable, can also change the brand; rushed out of the taste is relatively clean; impurities less miscellaneous smell.

Disadvantages: less environmentally friendly use of paper; non-bleached paper will have paper smell; oil will be filtered out, resulting in coffee taste without grease feeling.

Metal coffee filter

Recently, environmental awareness has risen, and many coffee appliance manufacturers have developed metal filters, eliminating the need for less environmentally friendly filter paper. As long as it is cleaned after use, it can be reused. It is also durable and sturdy made of stainless steel.

Suggestion: After use, use a clean toothbrush to brush gently, and use baking soda powder to remove oil, so as not to affect the taste of the next brewing. The metal coffee filter allows the oil to be extracted, and the taste will be thicker and closer to the original taste of coffee beans. In blind tests, you can also feel the difference with filter paper.

Advantages: more environmentally friendly, through washing and reuse; more able to drink the original taste of coffee, thick taste.

Disadvantages: fine powder is easy to cause excessive extraction resulting in excessive bitterness; fine powder will pass through the filter into the coffee, the taste may have a residue feeling.

Coffee filter cloth

Usually used in flannel filter cloth, Chemex hand washing pot, Siphon siphon type, more troublesome is cleaning and preservation, if not really clean the grease on the filter cloth, over time will affect the taste, after washing, still need to soak in water to store in the refrigerator, can not be used many times a day, is a more troublesome point. The coffee flavor is between metal and filter paper, balancing the advantages of both.

Suggestion: filter cloth cleaning and preservation needs to be done, otherwise there may be rag smell, it is recommended to use baking soda powder to clean when available, and flannel filter cloth permeability, heat preservation is better, brewed coffee aroma and taste are called saturated rich.

Advantages: Fiber is thicker than filter paper, oil will adhere to make water and coffee have a longer contact fusion.

Disadvantages: It is difficult to preserve, it takes time and effort; it requires more practice and skills.

Comparison of three filtering methods

All three have their own advantages and disadvantages. Filter paper is only a small part of coffee brewing, and there are many factors affecting the taste of coffee. And the taste of each filter paper is different due to the flow rate, you can try several kinds, choose to belong to their own suitable, like the appliance, boil a cup of coffee belongs to you.

Tips: Friends who like coffee flavor can add more reference filter cloth and metal filter screen, which can retain oil and original flavor. Friends who like clean and refreshing taste can use filter paper.