Besides filter paper, coffee has metal filter cups that can be used.

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Metal coffee strainer

Recently, with the rise of environmental awareness, many coffee utensils manufacturers have developed metal filters to save the less environmentally friendly filter paper as long as it is cleaned and reused after use, and it is also durable and strong made of stainless steel.

Suggestion: use a clean toothbrush to remove oil from baking soda powder after use, so that the next brewing taste will not be affected. The metal coffee filter can also extract the oil, which will be thicker and closer to the original taste of the coffee beans, and can be different from the filter paper in the blind test.

Advantages: it is more environmentally friendly and can be reused through rinsing; it can drink the original taste of coffee and has a thick taste.

Disadvantages: the fine powder is easy to cause excessive extraction and lead to excessive bitterness; the fine powder will pass through the strainer into the coffee and may have a dregs taste.

Filtering methods 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 kind of filter paper is different because of the different flow rate, you can try several more, choose your own suitable and favorite utensils, and brew a cup of coffee that belongs to you.