On 10/29/2011 6:07 PM, pure kona wrote:
> Paper filters IMHO leave a paper taste with the coffee. "Gold"
> filters do not. Do not even ask me about brown paper filters because
> they taste like paper bags + the coffee flavor.
>
> Gold filters are the best if you want unadulterated coffee flavor. We
> sell flavor/aromatics so it is important to me.
>
> aloha,
> Cea

That's pretty easy to test. Just run some water through a paper filter
through a filter without coffee. I ran the water through 2 filter for
and extra dose of paper. The only taste I got was residual coffee oils.
These were dirt cheap white filters but your mileage may vary.