Bodum one cup filters

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I've just been reading Alans, post about his one cup filter accident, in the espresso forum. I was wondering what does everyone think of them, I remember I have one somewhere but I dont remember the coffee being any good when I used it so its now in the back of a cupboard. I'm thinking of breaking it out for use at work, any suggestions. Also I dont know if anyone else had this problem, but the lid clips down on the one I have, and I think it must be air tight, as after 5 minutes the water hadn't driped through ( air pressure, water surfacce tension, user error??? ) Any suggestions?

[alans]

I've got a Bodum and a SwissGold, Bodum was more prone to stalling and I found if I lifted the (how do I say this...) bit where the water goes whenever it stalled it would be fine for a while. Also depends a lot on your grinder, less stalls once I got the Zass as opposed to the whirley blade.

That said I'm not really a filter fan apart from Vac pots so I wouldn't listen to me!

[Steve]

I use one of these some times and I find that if you leave the lid of it runs through even better. Thats on the bodum one by the way. Ok for office/camping and other places where a big machine just isnt possible but not the greatest results, but I've seen worse

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I'll give it a try over a couple of days, with the lid on and off and different types of grind and see what I come up with. Anythings got to be better than the office coffee.

[mnemonix]

what alans says.

ah yes office coffee... i bought another one-cup filter specifically to deal with that problem !

I lift mine up slightly after allowing 30 seconds or so for the water to soak the grinds, and it seems to kick start the filter process. I use them all the time and if you take the time to find the optimal grind and quantity to use they produce a pretty good cup (or mug) of coffee imho.

I originally started using them when i went off french presses because of the 'mud' and wanted a cleaner cup, but suspect it was because of the 'one grind suits all' nature of the shop bought coffee I used back then.

chris.

[Ian]

I've had one of these for a couple years but don't use it much as espresso is my favourite method.

The advantages over a french press are: the extracted coffee isn't in contact with the grounds and it's quicker & easier to clean out.

The disadvantage is you may have experiment a bit with the grind to get the correct flow.

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Well, I've been using this at work now for about 2 weeks, much to the amusement of everyone I work with. I'm doing quite well with it now. I did modify it to stop the problems of the brew stalling. All I did was to put a small hole in the top of the lid, and I raised it off the rim of the mug a few mm's with some sticky rubber grommet like things I had lying around. Works like a charm now I'm still playing with the grind and amout of coffee though.