Coffee filter substitutes

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Hey Quackers you just waved your right to ever talk about Americans not preparing tea properly okay?

 

[Quackers]

Hey Quackers you just waved your right to ever talk about Americans not preparing tea properly okay?

Fine by me. I still got obesity and school shootings thank god

 

[Formaldehyde]

Instant coffee is better than no coffee at all. But it just doesn't compare to the real deal.

 

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Fine by me. I still got obesity and school shootings thank god

If you say so.

 

[Formaldehyde]

That's cheating, or blasphemy, or some other terrible condition, to have a handle on a fake Mason jar.

 

[Glassfan]

I don't like coffee but Turkish coffee smells fantastic, still can not drink. just sniffing whem someone drinking

Like a good cigar.

Paper towels work just fine in a pinch. You might want to think about getting a permanent coffee filter to use when you run out though.

I buy a case of #6 Melitta filters at a time from Amazon so I don't run out. (Amen, brother)

Say what? Source please.

Paper towel companies use bleach to give it the white outer appearance, adding inks to those paper towels with colored designs. Unlike notebook paper, paper towels require a similar texture and absorbency of a cloth towel, so they often contain resin or glue to keep the fibers strong.

Recycled paper towels are made from mainly post-consumer waste.

Sodium Hydrosulfite
This is also commonly used to reduce the colors in recycled paper pulp. It produces the relatively benign byproduct sodium bisulfite.

Hydrogen Peroxide
This is a common, environmentally benign bleaching agent used as an alternative to chlorine.

Chlorine
Chlorine gas and hypochlorites are more commonly used to bleach virgin paper pulp, but can be used in recycled paper as well. Chlorine produces dioxin, a toxic, carcinogenic chemical that makes its way into the air and water.

Some paper towel brands add softening additives in order to make the product easier on the skin.

Also;

Remember when using paper towels as a coffee filter that the paper will fall apart so you may need to strain grounds out of the coffee before you drink it. Chemicals in the paper towels can also leak into the coffee, making it important to limit usage and stick to coffee filters whenever possible.

 

[Borachio]

Barbarian. Nobody "cooks" coffee. That's for tea drinkers.
Cooking ruins the flavor. Don't let Formy hear you say this.

This is entirely backwards. Tea you really cannot boil. Nor can you leave it long on heat (unlike coffee) before it "stews".

The French, noted for culinary expertise and being total coffee heads, frequently bring their coffee to the boil. That's for freshly, and roughly, ground coffee though. While it was the French who invented the cafetiere, you know - for use with industrial finely ground coffee.

As for instant coffee, it's a kind of drink that's for sure. Though I wouldn't call it coffee.

Still, I very seldom drink coffee of any description these days. Nor tea.

 

[metatron]

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[bhsup]

Sugar? In coffee?? No cream, no sugar, or it's not coffee!!

 

[metatron]

Sugar? In coffee?? No cream, no sugar, or it's not coffee!!

Yeah, i agree.

But facing the choice of a) coffee with disgusting stuff in it and b) no coffee (!) i'd reluctantly choose "a".

 

[bhsup]

What's funny is that I do get the whole British revulsion at the very idea of sweet tea because of this very revulsion I feel about cream and sugar in coffee. Thing is, though, they're just wrong.

 

[metatron]

What's funny is that I do get the whole British revulsion at the very idea of sweet tea because of this very revulsion I feel about cream and sugar in coffee. Thing is, though, they're just wrong.

Depends on the tea. I would never drink my Rooibos with sugar.
However, coastal Germans (in the places where Leoreth, warpus and i lived when we were kids) are habitual tea drinkers and they traditionally only drink what can best be described as the cheapest crappiest Assam blend you could possibly imagine (think waste off the Tea factory floor). They do that with outrageous quantities of milk and rock sugar - which is probably a wise decision.

 

[bhsup]

Oh... yeah when I said "sweet tea" I was really talking about iced tea. Hot tea with sugar isn't my thing, though I'm not really gonna criticize someone doing that. However, adding milk to hot tea is simply revolting. I had no idea anyone in the world even did this until the mid 90s.

 

[metatron]

Oh... yeah when I said "sweet tea" I was really talking about iced tea. Hot tea with sugar isn't my thing, though I'm not really gonna criticize someone doing that. However, adding milk to hot tea is simply revolting. I had no idea anyone in the world even did this until the mid 90s.

My bad. Totally missed the "sweet".

 

[Formaldehyde]

I]Paper towel companies use bleach to give it the white outer appearance.

You don't think that bleach and the rest of the chemicals you mentioned are properly removed by the processing prior to shipment? Do you have any actual evidence that paper towels contain any bleach whatsoever when they finally reach the consumer? Why do you think there is no warning label on the side of paper towels, or even a list of ingredients?

Remember when using paper towels as a coffee filter that the paper will fall apart so you may need to strain grounds out of the coffee before you drink it.

I have never had this happen to me in the literally hundreds of times I have used paper towels as emergency filters. YMMV.

Here is how I do it. I take the paper towel and fold it twice into a square. I separate one of the folds and place the coffee there.

Sugar? In coffee?? No cream, no sugar, or it's not coffee!!

The only time I ever use cream or milk is when I am forced to drink coffee that has been sitting on a pot warmer far too long. It really cuts down the acid taste.

 

[NovaKart]

Differing opinions. On the one hand, people who make paper towels, well you would expect considering how often paper towels come into contact with our mouths, hands, surfaces we eat on etc. that they would try to make them safe. On the other hand, it's pretty different from using them to strain liquids through. Form, have you had your bleach levels checked?

 

[Formaldehyde]

Why should I? If paper towels had toxic chemicals in them in any sort of measurable quantity it would be common knowledge, as well as likely required to be listed on every single package.

 

[NovaKart]

I wasn't entirely serious with that response.

 

[Formaldehyde]

Many coffee filters are bleached.

Melitta Coffee Filters FAQ

Type of Filter Paper

Typically, filter paper comes in either white or natural brown. Melitta also offers a paper filter made from bamboo, which is a naturally renewing resource.

White filters

All paper in its natural form is brown in color. In order to become white, it must be processed. Many cheaper filter papers are bleached with chlorine in order to achieve its white color. Melitta coffee filters are 100% Chlorine Free, as they are whitened naturally using oxygen.

Natural Brown

Natural brown filters are not processed to achieve a whiter color. With premium filter paper, such as those by Melitta, there is no difference in taste from using white versus natural brown versus bamboo. The choice is only a matter of preference

 

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Sugar? In coffee?? No cream, no sugar, or it's not coffee!!

I gotta confess to using a little brown sugar when I make it myself. Cuts the bitterness a bit and actually compliments the flavor really well. Cream is abominable, although I'll occasionally get fancy creamy drinks when I buy pre-made coffee, because the added flavor and texture distracts me from how watery the coffee is. I'm sorry to offend you V.