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[Closed] Aeropress metal disc filter..?

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Is it me or are they just harder to clean than the paper ones?

I find the paper filter ejects itself with the coffee grounds in a little puck, leaving the aeropress needing a mere quick rinse. However, the metal disc stays attached, needs rinsing etc...

Not "batterer" as I thought it may be.

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Posted : 28/12/2017 11:02 am
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Yes they are harder to clean. But it's just a rinse. I normally use paper at work and the metal ones at home


 
Posted : 28/12/2017 11:13 am
 DrJ
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Harder to clean and much, much more expensive when you eject it into the bin by accident and forget about it. Since a pack of paper filters lasts about a year I don't see the point ...


 
Posted : 28/12/2017 12:23 pm
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I just slide it off the top, it leaves all (well, ~95%) of the coffee in the aeropress so it can be pushed out into the bin, then give the metal disc a quick rinse.


 
Posted : 28/12/2017 12:37 pm
 scud
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I just use the papers ones at home or work, the metal one lives in my camping gear box where i can usually just reuse it wiping it on wet grass.


 
Posted : 28/12/2017 12:53 pm
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It does seem to be a bit of solution looking for a problem


 
Posted : 28/12/2017 5:40 pm
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it's also just not as good as the paper filters, for me. unless i just have a shit one.


 
Posted : 28/12/2017 8:41 pm
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Love my metal filters. Never have a problem cleaning them, a quick spray with WD40 before each brew, and they just slide off nice and clean post brew.


 
Posted : 28/12/2017 9:37 pm
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I do mine in wax. Lasts a couple of months between treatments.


 
Posted : 28/12/2017 10:33 pm