Coffee Maker Filter

Different Shapes

And

Kinds Of Coffee Filters

Different shapes of coffee filters

Cone shaped filters are harder to clean, are less prone to spillage, can use fine grinds and the water remains in contact coffee grinds longer.  While a basket filter will make more coffee, it requires larger grinds and allows the water to remain in contact with the coffee grinds shorter than a cone filter.

The advantage the basket filters have is that they filter the water more evenly. However, they require bigger grinds.

Different kinds of Coffee Maker filters

They are inexpensive, disposable, no messy clean-ups and they are the average Joe favorite filter. That is not to say they are the best. Some experts complaint that the paper soaks most coffee’s natural oils, resulting in a loss of coffee taste and aromas.

But for some you can't beat use it and throw it away.

Cloth Coffee Filters

These are hard to clean coffee filters, which makes them unpopular. 

The coffee grinds stick to the cloth and you have to struggle a bit with rinsing out all the grinds, but they are durable and pay for themselves in the long run besides they are environment friendly.

Coffee connoisseurs think the extra work is well worth it, because unlike paper, the coffee’s natural oils seep through in both cloth and metal filters.

Metal Coffee Filters

Made of stainless steel which makes them Durable. Light to clean in comparison with the cloth filters, however they still require good care and a good clean up per use.

This is a favorite for large families or for people who brew multiple cups at one time, such as big families, offices, or coffee shops. A popular choice of metal filters is the My K Cup by Keurig a reusable filter.  If you have two or more metal filters you can switch them as you finish brewing with one and start brewing your next cups immediately, leaving the cleaning and washing for later.

Gold And Gold Toned Coffee Filters

These excellent filters are quite expensive and cost up to $25. There are two kinds of filters using gold - Swiss gold and gold toned.

These filters are called gold, because they are actually made of gold! The Swiss gold filter is gold plated with 24 karat gold. From the various filter materials gold best retains the coffee’s natural oils and flavors.

The gold toned coffee filters cost up to  $12. Their base metal is stainless steel and treated to avoid the metallic taste from going into your brew.

Both of these gold coffee filters are very durable and easy to clean, ideal people with fast paced life styles.

Water Filters

The Brita and some other coffee maker manufactures like Braun for example use the popular water filter brand Brita.

The charcoal water filter is another public favorite and removes up to 80% of Chlorine that is found in your drinking water. Among other manufacturers Braun and Kitchenaid use charcoal water filters in some of their coffee maker models.

How to clean your metal and gold coffee filter

• Pour 4 cups of hot water into a bowl of 1 oz citric acid.


• Add 4 cups of cold water to the mix and pour the solution into the water chamber.


• Start your coffee maker and let half of the water solution run through the machine.


• Let it sit for 15 minutes.


• Start up the coffee maker again and let the rest of the solution run through.


• Throw away the solution and run 8 cups of clean water through the coffee maker to rinse out the solution.

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