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Coffee filter cup is a very important instrument for hand-brewed coffee. Now there are many types of filter cup on the market, which makes many consumers have difficulty in choice. Today, let's share a choice on the street!

The choice of filter cup can be compared from these angles.

Material of Ⅰ filter cup

Up to now, the filter cup is made of many materials, including resin, glass, ceramics, metal and wood. Among these materials, what we need is to pay attention to the factors of insulation, shaping and price.

① thermal insulation

Different materials will lead to differences in the thermal insulation performance of the filter cup, generally speaking, the more thermal insulation will be better, but we need to understand the thermal insulation principle of these materials, that is, we must first absorb heat in order to maintain the temperature. If the thermal insulation performance after preheating is [ceramic > brass metal > glass > resin], but if it is not preheated, the temperature maintenance performance is [resin > brass metal > glass > ceramic].

The thermal insulation performance of ceramics is the best, but the preheating and absorption temperature will be relatively slow, and the temperature loss in the early stage is relatively serious without preheating; metal heat conduction is relatively fast, that is, heat absorption and preheating will be relatively fast, but the thermal insulation performance after that is inferior to ceramics; glass is regular, but the advantage lies in transparency and strong ornamental. The thermal insulation performance of the resin is the worst, but the resin also has an advantage, this material does not absorb temperature and does not hold too much heat, which does not have much effect in the case of preheating filter cup and non-preheating.

② shaping

The ribs on the filter cup are the existence of the soul of the filter cup, and the shape of the ribs produced by different materials is different because of the different technology. The best shaping is the resin filter cup, it is a large-scale mass production of standard industrial products, its accuracy is far higher than ceramic glass and other materials, the feeling of touching the ribs of the filter cup by hand is relatively strong. And like ceramic materials because of the final layer of glaze, the ribs appear to be relatively gentle. The same is true of glass and metal.

Therefore, from the point of view of shaping [resin > glass > brass metal = ceramic]

③ price

Take Hario filter cup as an example [metal > ceramic ≈ glass > resin]

From a practical point of view, Qianjie believes that the resin material is undoubtedly the best, in addition to poor thermal insulation performance, price advantage, plastic effect is the best, but also the most lightweight, fall-resistant, convenient characteristics.

From an ornamental point of view, ceramic is a good choice, good appearance, enough weight appears stable, good thermal insulation performance, but the use of ceramic filter cup should pay attention to the formation of an arc between its ribs and the wall of the filter cup, rather than an angle. After the filter paper is wet, the ribs do not prop up the filter paper, but stick to the filter cup wall. This will reduce the flow rate of the water.

It is not recommended to buy metal filter cups, one is the high price, the other is not easy to preserve, easy to oxidize and rust for a long time.

Structural characteristics of Ⅱ filter cup

Now the shape and structure of the filter cup is diverse, which can be divided into conical filter cup, trapezoidal filter cup and flat bottom filter cup. the small difference is the difference between the ribs (diversion trough) and the number and size of the bottom water holes.

For the purpose of brewing practicality, we only need to know the flow rate of the filter cup. Filter cups with multi-channel ribs such as V60, Origami and Xingmang are designed for fast launching. This type of filter cup can show clean and rich coffee flavor and is suitable for shallow roasted coffee beans with rich flower and fruit aromas.

Filter cups such as Kono, trapezoidal filter cup, strawberry filter cup and cross star infinite filter cup are designed to be slow to enter the water, and the brewed coffee is thick and sweet. Qianjie recommends that it be used to brew coffee beans that are deeply roasted.

Finally, if you are still obsessed with which kind of filter cup to buy, you might as well choose Hario resin version V60 first, the low price will not lose, and can also be used as a standard reference, after all, the use of V60 filter cup or the majority, is a general-purpose filter cup.