What material is used for the mesh? I've read nylon mesh will eventually taint the taste of the coffee.
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I could be mistaken, but it does not appear to be nylon. It has a gold color and feels metallic to me (and it is flexible). Hope this helps.
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some metalalic brass looking mesh.....does not look plastic.....seams where it joins to plastic are fragile....mine came apart at seams with careful handling and washing.....had to go back to paper
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The mesh is definitely not plastic, it is some sort of fine woven metal, sorry but not able to tell exactly which metal.
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Not sure about he material, but I have been using this filter for over a month and the taste of the coffee remains the same. The only issue I have is that it is too small (four cups) I would have prefer a five or six cups.
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Similar to k-cups (polyester, I think), it is the ONLY piece of the OneCup not yet biodegradable...the lid and ring are biodegradable. The mesh will be as well, eventually.
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It has a mesh brewing cup, but I place a small piece of paper towel inside it to keep the very tiny bits of coffee grounds from slipping through.
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I bought this as a gift for my sister but I have owned one for many years. I have never had to replace the mesh part of the press. I have had to replace the glass part but that was my own fault (dropped it in the sink). I love these. The coffee comes out great consistently. Just make sure to clean it gently and it should last years.
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Good question, not sure there is an easy answer. What I do is slip a business card between the mesh filter and knock out any large grinds. My suggestion is that you wash the filter as soon as possible after making your pot of coffee. I have been using my pot for a very long time and it still looks like new. My only other suggestion is that you visit the Bodum website and see if they have any suggestions. This is a great pot, I love it. Well built and the coffee is fantastic.
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By touch and visual sensing I would speculate a lightweight metal mesh. Objectively I don't know. I have used my Capresso for about 13 months. I have not detected any change in the color or firmness of the material. I do wash the head and filter unit by hand after each use.
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It is as fine as a metal mesh can be. I'm not sure where you live, but you can check it out at any David's Tea in Canada.
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Yes, it does much to our chagrin. The tank is food grade plastic and the tubes are silicon. We use it anyway, because it has SO many other components that DO NOT have plastic or aluminum. It makes GREAT coffee! We use spring water in the tank, and figure it's getting heated in the brass boiler, so at least it's not a lot of leaching....after looking into so many coffee makers, this one won over the rest. My husband wants to make a stainless steel or copper lining for the tank. Hope this is helpful.
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From the instructions, no, you put the coffee grounds right into the grey/mesh filter. Put the grey/mesh filter into the white holder. You can buy paper filters to replace the grey/mesh, and I believe there are ones that you insert into the grey/mesh filter for easier cleaning, but it is not required. From what I've read you can also use a paper filter to help slow the brew process, and allow more water grinds contact time, to allow for a stronger cup of coffee. But it is not required, nor does it appear to be recommended.
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Do people understand coffee brewing? Any brewing method that doesn't pass the brewed coffee through some sort of paper (etc.) filter is going to have "sediment". No method of grinding coffee beans exists that will result in zero sediment with the grounds, if you want zero sediment you have to filter through something that will block small particles. And consequently you reduce the perceived "strength" of the brewed coffee. Now, "grounds" in your brewed coffee, that's another issue entirely and does indicate something wrong. It may be that your ekobrew (or whatever) isn't properly sealed somewhere which allows grounds to get out during the pressurized water injection of brewing with a Keurig. Various Keurig brewers (randomly affecting every model, and not consistently affecting everyone) seem to suffer not making a tight seal at the top where the water needle pokes into k-cup. You could of course return your brewer and state it is defective and get another which may or may not have the same issue. Or do a bit of searching about for cures and find the simple solution of inserting a $.03 nylon washer (any hardware store) above the rubber gasket that surrounds the needle (thus sealing against the top of the k-cup). Everyone in my family has a k-cup brewer of some sort now, some of us have been affected and some have not, but the thin nylon washer trick has always cured the issue when present. For less than $.25 I bought an assortment of different thickness nylon washers and have cured this issue every time.
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I just tested w/dunkins preground coffee I bought packaged in store. a poured a little and half of fell through mesh. I shook the Polder back and forth a couple times and the rest fell through. It looks like sand would probably do the same-fall through though I'm not sure.
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The mesh is not metal. It is super fine, but I don't know if it's a fabric like nylon or some kind of plastic. Check out my Sunny's Mom review on how I care for it. I love it---use it all the time and it works great.
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I stopped using filters and pour it through a reusable mesh filter to get rid of what few grounds are in the brew. I've been doing this for a year.
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it is an odd construction. the only plastic that could touch the coffee is the phalange of the top. if you look at the photo you can seethe black lip of the top. it only touches the foam not the actually coffee. The pour lip which keeps the grounds in place is plastic.
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We use paper filters instead of the mesh basket. Take the mesh basket out and use the paper filters as you would with a "conventional" coffee maker. It seems to brew faster and clean up is much quicker.
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I am sorry to hear you are having a problem with your mesh filter. I screw my filter set together securely, but not too tight. Do you suppose your filter set is getting worn out? If not, maybe there is a manufacturing problem and Bodum or the store where you bought it would honor an exchange. Good luck, I love my Bodum french press.
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Not having tried to brew coffee with this, I would agree with the other people that, unless the coffee is really coarse, the grinds would likely go right through the mesh. Note that true "french presses" usually have a very fine (often nylon) mesh filter to filter the grounds from the liquid. The mesh on this screen is much larger than that.