On Oct 30, 1:18*pm, dsi1 > wrote:
> On Oct 30, 10:01*am, James Silverton >
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> > On 10/30/2011 3:21 PM, Steve Freides wrote:
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> > > John Kuthe wrote:
> > >> On Oct 30, 6:51 am, Brooklyn1<Gravesend1> *wrote:
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> > >>>> Gold filters are the best if you want unadulterated coffee flavor.
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> > >>> Gold filters are a gimmick. They're an ordinary carbon steel mesh
> > >>> with so thin a gold flash that it begins to wear off with the first
> > >>> cleaning, and they must be cleaned after each brewing unless you're
> > >>> the type who doesn't bathe... and there is no way to clean off the
> > >>> coffee residuals without removing some of the gold and leaving a soap
> > >>> film.... if you get ten cleanings from those filters before much of
> > >>> the gold is gone it's a lot. Re-using any filter is stupid. Best
> > >>> filters are paper one throws away after each brewing.
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> > >> Paper filters are a gimmick. *They're an ordinary sheet of common
> > >> porous paper
> > >> shaped like a coffee filter basket and they must be thrown away after
> > >> each brewing unless you're
> > >> the type who doesn't bathe... and there is no way to reuse them
> > >> without a hole forming and grounds getting everywhere. Not re-using
> > >> any filter is stupid. *Best filters are metal mesh ones washed before
> > >> each brewing.
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> > > That's how we do it - we wash out the grinder, we wash the gold filter,
> > > rinse out the carafe, etc. - how can anyone not clean the thing between
> > > uses? *We have one of those "spritzer" gadgets on our kitchen faucet,
> > > don't know what they're actually called but they work like a hand-held
> > > shower head - they work fine for cleaning the gold filter.
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> > The paper filters are pretty cheap. Surely, you can't want to reuse them?
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> > James Silverton, Potomac
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> I got my paper filters from Costco and boy are they cheap. Too cheap!
> I've used it to drain fried foods but there's probably a lot of uses
> for really cheap paper circles. Doodling and scratch paper and cute
> doll hats come to mind.

I have the big Bunn filters (that sounds funny!) - they work great for
washing windows...