Reddit mentions of Medelco #4 Cone Permanent Coffee Filter

I've used a coffee filter to filter my bacon fat and the end result is crystal clear, melted gold.

edit: if you find that you're needing to filter bacon fat often, I'd buy one of these, granted you aren't filtering gallons of the stuff at a time.

I haven't used this gold filter for bacon fat, but in terms of coffee making, some fine dust particles will make it through this filter. If you want something that'll filter out almost every solid, maybe you can go with this.

Wait until your fat has cooled off a bit, then plop this filter cone on top of an open jar, put a coffee filter in, and pour away. I have seen both of these filter cones in multiple grocery stores like Wal-mart and Kroger. Super cheap and reusable!

What you plan to do is a perfectly valid way to make coffee. However, it won't be a pourover. Since all the water will be in contact with all the coffee for a time, this would be called an "immersion" brew. You can buy a non-paper permanent filter at any supermarket for a few dollars, ie, a Melitta #4 that fits into a Melitta #4 dripper. You can use this same equipment to make pourover coffee as well.

Dripper looks like this and filter like this.

I have a 3-liter pitcher that I fill with ground coffee and water. I filter it into another container with a filter like this: https://www.amazon.com/Medelco-Cone-Permanent-Coffee-Filter/dp/B000TCZRKW/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1542767070&sr=8-10&keywords=metal+filter

Total investment about $5 and tastes fantastic. One doesn't need special gear for cold brew coffee :)

1.5 cups of water is ~354grams, so you're brew ratio is ~11:1. With optimal extraction that should be a strong cup. Standard is ~16:1. Not saying it's wrong, I happen to like stronger cups myself. One important thing you should know is that both the brewing vessel and grind absorb heat from the water, and this drops the temperature fast of the brew, and this is a less than ideal extraction. To workaround this you should preheat. In your case bring 700g, or 3 cups of water, to boil, instead of the 354. When it boils, pour 1/2 of it in and return the kettle/pot to the stove so it resumes boil. Quickly dump the water out of the vessel and throw your 30g grind load in. Now pour just enough water over the grinds to wet them, and stir, this is to prep the grind to accept water faster (bloom), stir for a few seconds and make sure there are no lumps. Start your timer. Finally, dump the rest of the water in and cover to prevent heat from escaping. Pour/plunge at 4:00min as you did before. It should taste much stronger now. If it's overly bitter, do this whole process over again but reduce the time by 15 seconds (3:45min) and taste. Repeat until its not overly bitter. The sweet spot will be when you can taste the coffee flavor but without too much bitter in there.

Regarding "sandy" mouthfeel, this is because the mesh screen in the french press (FP) has wide holes. Some people like it, some dont. I dont so when I pour I hold this in the stream, it filters out the grit and, as an added benefit, gives you a bit more flavor clarity. This is because the grit that you currently there continues to extract in the cup, and that muddies things up some. Again no rules here, just preferences, and ignore the comments you'll hear about boiling water burning grind, its not true. There's also a second option here which is to adjust your grind settings so the particles are larger, to prevent them from getting through the mesh, but then you have to extend the extraction time. I dont because I want a faster extraction. Just dont grind super fine powder like youd see in an espresso, thats not for FP.

Kalita uses a paper filter, delivering a thinner, almost tea-like cup, and works best with light/medium roast bean. These are beans that have more delicate flavor. The "espresso" bean, or darker roast youre using on the FP, has a heavier, less defined flavor, more body, and more carbon, so it wont benefit from paper filter so much. The tradition has been darker bean in FP and lighter roast for paper filter methods. Good luck, I hope I helped

The technivorm is just the brewer, it is up to you to provide the filter. You could just use #4 Melitta paper filters: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=melitta+%234

Some people that like the oils in the coffee may opt for a metal filter like this: http://www.amazon.com/Medelco-Cone-Permanent-Coffee-Filter/dp/B000TCZRKW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1449525405&sr=8-1&keywords=%234+metal+coffee+filter

Able Kone might not work, you're looking for something like this https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000TCZRKW

I did a Google search and there are #2 and #4 sizes, a bunch of different companies make them, so lots of options. Did not see one that didn't have plastic though.

I'm actually thinking paper filters are the easiest option (the quickest, simplest cleanup), whereas the metal filter is going to be annoying to clean all the time. The paper filters that the Clever uses are also super easy to find in any grocery store, so it should be easy to keep them on hand.

I filter through a mesh strainer to capture the large grounds then filter a second time through one of the "5 year coffee filters".

So get yourself a metal pour over filter http://www.amazon.co.uk/Medelco-Cone-Permanent-Coffee-Filter/dp/B000TCZRKW

Or - even better - one of these http://www.hario.co.uk/coffee/metal-filter-dripper/cafeor-dripper-02-black.html

I've no doubt you'd get a bit of choking, but if you give it time and stir a bit, the coffee should emerge from the half-clogged filter mesh...

Some fines will get through. But let them settle in the cup and pour off the (slightly cleaner) top 3/4 of the cup

> clever dripper plus filter

this one?

http://www.amazon.com/Coffee-Shrub-CLEVER-Clever-Dripper/dp/B0047W70GY/ref=sr_1_1?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1415137385&sr=1-1&keywords=Clever+Coffee+Dripper


also, are permanent filters a problem?
http://www.amazon.com/Medelco-Cone-Permanent-Coffee-Filter/dp/B000TCZRKW/ref=pd_bxgy_k_img_z

So the Melitta filters that are "Natural Brown" ones I should avoid? Any chance you got a link on the ones you recommend? Also, this Medelco GF214CB #4 Cone Permanent Golden Coffee Filter (http://www.amazon.com/Medelco-Cone-Permanent-Coffee-Filter/dp/B000TCZRKW/ref=pd_bxgy_k_img_z) is recommended by Amazon under the "Frequently Bought Together" part with the Clever. If I bought that do I still have to use paper filters? Should I even worry about getting that or just stick with the Melitta's?