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Selection of filter paper for hand-brewed coffee bleached filter paper and unbleached filter paper

Published: 2026-04-04 Author: World Gafei

Last Updated: 2026/04/04, Professional coffee knowledge exchange more coffee bean information please pay attention to the coffee workshop (Wechat official account cafe_style hand coffee indispensable important supplies: filter paper plays an important role in filtering and controlling the flow rate as long as it is filter paper made of pulp, if it is not bleached, it must have more or less pulp flavor, filter paper must be washed with water to remove the paper flavor, resulting in more coffee flavor

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An important consumable material for hand-brewed coffee: filter paper

Plays an important role in filtering and controlling the flow rate.

As long as the filter paper is made of pulp, if it is not bleached

There must be more or less pulp flavor, and the filter paper must be washed with water to remove the paper flavor, resulting in an extra flavor of coffee.

However, for some thick unbleached filter paper, it takes a lot of water to clean up the smell of the paper, and even if some filter paper is washed, there will be paper smell residue.

The editor still recommends using bleached filter paper.

On the one hand, big brands of bleached filter paper have no health concerns.

It would be a bit too worried to insist on using unbleached filter paper for unfounded health problems.

Second, bleaching filter paper can basically avoid the problem of paper flavor polluting coffee flavor.

Although we have been comparing bleached and unbleached coffee filter paper, this is not the only difference between filter paper. The quality of filter paper is also important for keeping coffee utensils clean and good filtration flow rate. It seems easy to say here, but in fact, the impact is really great.

In addition, be sure to choose filter paper that suits the size of the filter cup, and pay attention to the thickness and density-too thin and sparse filter paper will make the water flow too fast, while too thick and dense filter paper will filter out more coffee grease.

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