Should I get the Hario or Melitta #2 filters?
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We have used the Melitta #2 cone filters. They have worked well. I am not familiar with Hario filters.
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Melitta is good, it has a bit more room for the coffee to bloom when you add the water to it
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I don't know. I have never bought Hario filters. Haven't seen them in Athens , GA. I buy the brown #2 Melitta filters as those are the best that I can find around here. They are a little large for the small cone brewer. I use the small brewer for travel and the large cone brewer at home. The #2 Melitta's fit the large brewer perfectly. I would think anything Hario would be good. Just bought a manual Hario burr coffee grinder from Amazon and love it for the cone brewers.
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Hi WSong, I use #2 filters for both the large and small Bee House drippers. I don't use either of those brands so I cannot say which might be better.-Brian
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I've got a melitta cone. Love it. I've used (and loved) Chemex, as well as some french presses, and auto-drip systems. The chemex is nice, but the filters are expensive. Auto-drip systems just make bad coffee. It's really hard to get the best taste out of your beans with an autodrip system. The Melitta, on the other hand, does just fine. Here's the thing though: You gotta use the correct amount of coffee. The SCCA recommends ~8 grams per 5 ounces of coffee. I found a lifehacker article that recommends 60 grams per liter. The point is, these people who are making weak coffee have simply discovered that the melitta requires you to use more coffee than an auto-drip maker. Oh yeah, edited to add: It works with folgers or other packaged, pre-ground coffees just fine. Why? Because the "dwell time" on the mellitta is very short compared to auto-drip makers, which actually are doing a terrible job (underheating the water and letting it stay in contact with the grounds too long). If you want strong coffee, use more coffee. I think you'll love what you get. Most people, when you say strong coffee, think BITTER coffee, because that's how it's been made. Someone made a second pot with the old grounds mixed in with some new, or it's been evaporating all day on a burner. Really, what you have there is over-brewed, burned coffee. I think that's the type of coffee these folks were looking for, thus making the melitta taste "weak" in comparison.
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There is no difference between this and a Melitta cone. I use both. A bigger factor is the grind (as others have said), and technique -- but probably the biggest is where the little flap at the bottom of the filter falls realtive to the hole in the bottom of the filter. This is hard to control!But slow is not bad. In fact, I think you get a much tastier (stronger, but less bitter) cup when it filters slowly. I maximize the time by "waking up" the grounds with just a teeny bit of water and waiting patiently until that drips through (and a few extra minutes if I can stand it for the grounds to "puff up"), then dumping in most of the water. There is no difference between this and a Melitta cone. I use both. A bigger factor is the grind (as others have said), and technique -- but probably the biggest is where the little flap at the bottom of the filter falls realtive to the hole in the bottom of the filter. This is hard to control!But slow is not bad. In fact, I think you get a much tastier (stronger, but less bitter) cup when it filters slowly. I maximize the time by "waking up" the grounds with just a teeny bit of water and waiting patiently until that drips through (and a few extra minutes if I can... » Read More There is no difference between this and a Melitta cone. I use both. A bigger factor is the grind (as others have said), and technique -- but probably the biggest is where the little flap at the bottom of the filter falls realtive to the hole in the bottom of the filter. This is hard to control!But slow is not bad. In fact, I think you get a much tastier (stronger, but less bitter) cup when it filters slowly. I maximize the time by "waking up" the grounds with just a teeny bit of water and waiting patiently until that drips through (and a few extra minutes if I can stand it for the grounds to "puff up"), then dumping in most of the water. « Show Less
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Any standard coffee filter that's cheap. I generally buy 200 or 300 at a time when they're on sale. That's the wonderful thing about this type of coffeemaker: it's cheap to buy and cheap to maintain.
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permanent filters are just another big mess to clean up. Stick with the paper. If its the expensive cone shaped filters your trying to avoid, stick a regular basket type filter in the melita cone. it will work.
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You can use any #2 or #4 cone filters, that you can get at the local grocery store. I bought #4 brew-rite from my local WalMart. The reason I bought #4 size is because it fits above the cone and allows you to put more coffee and water without worrying if it is going to run over. I did find that you also need to use boiling hot water if you want your coffee to come out with the right flavor/concistancy.
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I use Melita single serve coffee filters for Javajig. They are not reusable and tiny little paper filters like the big ones used is large coffee makers for ground coffee. I find it much easier to dump out and it does catch most of the grounds. I found at grocery store a small red & green box of 60 filters and they have them on Amazon. I've also used the paper filters people use who make their own coffee pods and they are on amazon as well and called Coffee Pod Replacement filters by Easy Pack. They are a little paper filter with a connected lid that opens and closes. I have found both these type of paper filters work great for ground coffee in the Bunn My Caf MCU. I use both types .
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I purchased this one: Essential Values Stainless Steel Coffee Tamper Barista Espresso Tamper 51mm Base Coffee Bean PressIt works fine & is the right size. I also got a Krups single wall filter to replace the double wall that came with the 800esxl
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I don't use cone filters. I use the cheap regular filters that fit in any coffee brewer. Push the filter into the Melitta. Dampen the filter slightly with water to make it stay in place. They work fine.
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If you're making store bought pre-ground coffee, you won't notice a difference. If you're more of a home brew nut, the kalita has a few advantages like being made of metal rather than plastic. But also the Melitta is a flat bottomed cone design, meaning it will be easier for fines to clog the bottom of the filter, leading to greater immersion time and over-extracted coffee.
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I don't have a metallic one so I don't know for sure. But the metallic one "appears" to have the same large 3/4" opening at its base. That is the problem with those filters and the hario drippers -there is no support at the bottom and the filter gives way from the weight of the wet coffee and the grinds empty into the cup. I would go with the brown filters as they seem a little stronger.
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It is better with the specific Melitta filters, but my husband has used the reg. small (4 cup) filters ok.
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When I went out to the Hario site and read their description of the V60 Hario Drip Decanter, it said, "Uses size 02 V60 filters." I think you must be able to use one filter for the decanter.
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Kalita Wave Filter 185 (they ship from Japan)I can also use a Melitta #4 filter if the bottom inch is folded up.
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They both are strong and good for espresso, but they have different taste. You may try which one you better like.
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The black filters are better per many recommendations. If you have any concerns about contaminants get the extra filter for arsenic and such. It slows the filtration but pulls out heavy metals.
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I used a plastic coffee filter holder that held a Melitta coffee filter. The filter holder has a flat bottom that stabilizes it over the carafe. I would watch everything carefully as the carafe is not as level as I would want.