Dee Randall wrote:

>
> Does a gold filter last -- I've used one when I've been out of filters.
> Then I wonder if I will taste something metallic. They look to me as if they
> might even "peel." I know they are not made of GOLD. What is it, I wonder.
> Thanks.

I bought one at least 10 years ago and it is on it's third machine and still
going strong. It leaves no metallic taste. After a batch of coffee I just tap it
upside down into the compost pail and most of the grounds fall out. Then I hold
it upside down and spray up into it to get the rest of the grounds out and it is
ready to use again. In all the time I have had it I have never had to worry
about running out of filters or having a filter flop over in the cone.