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I am continually pleased with the elegant, simple, effective design of the Melitta system. You can make a cup or make a pot. And it's great to be able to get the unbleached filters. The Melitta system is easy, and it delivers consistently good coffee. These are the large filters for making a pot. Great product.
I often re-use the morning's grinds in the afternoon, by adding a spoon of decaffeinated coffee. So the #6 system is faster and more flexible, at a very slightly higher cost for the filters.If you grind your own coffee, the water (for 1-2 cups) is almost boiling by the time you've set up the filter, ground the coffee, and put away the coffee grinder. You can even mix caffeinated and decaffeinated coffees if you wish. I've used the Mellita Coffee System for about 40 years. That makes them fit more securely in the cones, and more widely open. However, the larger filter holds more water, and it drains faster, so you can brew 2 cups of coffee with a #6 filter faster than with a #4 filter.
The #6 system (filters, cone, and caraf) is intended for brewing 4-8 cups at a time.
That is more difficult with an automatic coffee machine.In a way, the Mellita system is more "sanitary".
The correspondding #6 glass caraf is marked for up to 8 cups, but obviously it takes longer to boil the water for 8 or so cups of coffee.It's as simple as it gets, the price of the filters is cheap, and the quality of the results as terrific.
I find the system more convenient than coffee machines.If the power goes off, you can still make coffee if you have a gas stove or a camp stove.It is easy to brew exactly the amount of coffee you want, and exactly the strength that you want---including adjusting to new roast and grinds.
A #6 filter actually holds the water for about 2 cups of coffee, but drains so fast that pouring 4-8 cups of water through just takes perhaps 10--15 seconds.
It is easy to forget a used filter in a coffee maker, maybe for weeks if you go on a vacation, and find a fungus garden in their.
You can't ignore a used Melitta filter, because it is out in the open.Although most people use smaller Mellita filters and cones, I prefer the large #6 system.
What else could you want.Presuably, brown filters are easier on the environment---and on you, less chemicals having been used to manufacture them.The specific Amazon product is probably the cheapest way to purchase the prefered filters.HINT Fold over the "joined" edges of the filters.
It makes pouring water in easier and minimizes accidents.
These are the best paper coffee filters I've found. Just make sure to fold over the crimped edges so that the filter doesn't come apart during brewing. I use the "pour over" method of brewing coffee with a filter cone because most coffee makers do not get the water hot enough for a proper brew. I brew directly in to a stainless carafe.Unlike other reviewers, I received all 12 boxes of filters.I use this filter cone & brew directly in to my stainless carafe:Copco 2 Quart Thermal Capacity Brushed Stainless Steel CarafeRSVP Maunual Drip Coffee Filter Cone for Carafes or Thermos
So while this is a good quality product, I was disappointed in the discrepancy. I recently purchased #6 Melitta Cone Coffee Filters, advertised as 40-count, pack of 12. I received only 11 40-count boxes of filters within my sealed (box of 12). Have others had this problem.
This product has become hard to find at coffee stores and other retailers. No 4 filters are easy, but No 6 is rare and much more expensive.
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