Orhan YILMAZ
Reviewed in Turkey on February 19, 2024
Filtreleme gayet iyi temizlik ve bakımı biraz zor silikon conta tam oturmuyor her şeye rağmen fena değil bir aydır kullanıyorum geliştirilebilir
PPE
Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2024
Filter works great. Detected no change in flavor of coffee. Kept all grinds in upper chamber. Fits Hario 360 ml siphon perfectly. Few stirs in upper chamber and filtered brew coffee on draw down with a perfect dome. Easily cleaned by rinsing under water. Would highly recommend this filter.
KE
Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2022
I'm new to syphon coffee brewing. This filter works well. I am currently switching back and forth between the cloth filter and this SS filter and this what I've observed so far. I use a very fine grind, similar to expresso grind.My first use of this filter resulted in a thicker brew - but I found that the screw was not tighten completely. After tightening the screw just snug tight, the thickness of the brew went away and was much more pleasant.The SS filter results in a slightly stronger brew which I think is due to the hold time. It both fills and drains slower than the standard cloth filter on my syphon brewer, which creates a couple minute longer brewing time.I find it easy to open up and clean.The spring setup is appropriately sized for my syphon and I've had no issues with leakage around the seal.Overall, I prefer this filter and will likely transition to using it exclusively once the cloth filter wears out.
Snow days in vancouver
Reviewed in Canada on September 27, 2020
Was about to replace my cloth filter with well, cloth filters. Stumbled upon the metal filter and thought..Right, how did I forgot about them?! Read the mixed reviews below and thought, there's nothing to lose if it doesn't work, will just return it. Just tried it out this morning. It's performed it's function well and the coffee tasted much cleaner than the cloth filter did. And it doesn't matter if the bottom of the ceramic piece isn't flat - as long as it's not so thick that it impeds the rubber gasket's function of making a seal. I would recommend this. Not sure about robustness of the filter yet. I guess we will find out.
Mr. Finicky-timbers
Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2020
Awesome siphon filter. It makes using a siphon so much easier than a cloth filter and there is ZERO sediment in the cup. With cloth filters, you need to soak them in a cleaning solution and the rinse them out like forever to get all the detergent out and then hang them to dry and then seal them in a plastic bag so they don’t absorb odors. With the metal screen filter, you can use whatever detergent you want and since it’s stainless steel, it won’t absorb the soap or fragrance as long as you rinse it well. The actual metal screen is just an off the shelf espresso machine filter screen so replacements are easy to come by at any e-store that sells espresso machine parts.I reviewed a lot of the negative comments on this item and I can attribute the issues to a few factors:1. They have not cleaned their filter screen properly after each use. To do this, get a sponge or scrub brush and slather the screen with detergent and scrub both sides and try to pass the soapy foam through the filter screen and scrub both sides. Rinse with hot water. Also, and this is important, try to rotate the fine mesh screen in a circle around the stainless steel base. This will dislodge any coffee oils and fines that have collected between the mesh screen and the steel base. Keep doing this and rinsing until the screen rotates fairly easily. This entire operation should take less than two minutes to accomplish. Do NOT try to separate the mesh screen from the steel base. It is not meant to be removed.2. They have re-assembled the unit incorrectly after cleaning. When you take your filter out of the box, take a photo of how it’s assembled. The ceramic disk needs to be in the correct orientation for this thing to work properly. Also make note of how the silicone gasket is oriented. If either of these are in the wrong position, the filter will not work properly.3. They have either tightened the screen screw way too tight or they have it too loose. After cleaning and assembly, tighten the screw all the way just hand tight. Then loosen the screw about a half rotation or so to ensure that there is a minor amount of slop between the screen, gasket and ceramic disk while maintaining a seal with the channel in the gasket. This will permit the flow of coffee and micro fines through the screen without clogging. Too tight and that will limit the flow of coffee making draw down extremely long. Too loose will result in lots of fines and even grounds in the lower pot.4. They are not stopping the brewing cycle by using a cold wet cloth wrapped around the lower pot. After you pre-determined brew time (usually one to two minutes), rinse a facecloth or handi-wipe with cold water (squeeze out excess) and wrap it around the lower pot making sure that the part of the pot that is empty is covered (you are chilling the air inside the pot). This will quickly draw down the coffee to the lower pot by increasing the vacuum pressure in the lower pot and will speed up the draw down. Usually, when the coffee is about all drained into the lower pot, it has a tendency to want to travel to the upper pot again. At that point, re-rinse the cloth with cold water again and wrap around the lower pot and you will see the tube clear and you will hear the air going into the lower pot. For me, along with the 90 second brew time, the entire cycle from brewing to completely draining ranges between five to eight minutes with darker roasted or softer beans making the cycle last on the longer side.5. Grinding too fine. You want the grind size to be #20 mesh which is slightly more coarse than what you use for filter drip. Search on Amazon for test sieves and buy yourself a #10, #20 and #30 sieve along with a catch pan and lid. Or buy swatches of those mesh screens. Assemble them in descending order and whatever is caught by the #10 screen is #20 mesh. This will help you determine what grinder setting to use. You want the majority of the coffee to be in that #20 mesh range. Doesn’t have to be exact or perfect, just in the ballpark.Anyway, using this filter along with a BLUEFIRE Butane burner and electric kettle has made making siphon coffee comparatively quick and easy to the point where it’s fast and easy enough to use a siphon for my morning coffee. I use this with a Hario TCA-5 siphon and I’ve been loving life ever since.Thanks for listening.
Azoz
Reviewed in Australia on November 9, 2020
Looking at it makes you feel it's great but don't be fooled by the design. It doesn't work properly. Coffee leaks back to the bottom while on fire which doesn't happen if using a cloth filter. That's the downside of it. Pros !!! Hmm i guess it's easier to clean but that's it.
Paul Grimwood
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 11, 2018
An excellent replacement for the cloth filter in my syphon. It does the job exactly as it should and is east to dismantle to clean. Good value for money.
Scott
Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2016
This filter changes the procedure of making a vacuum pot. I used this on both the hario and the bodum and found that the plastic and paper filters work too quickly resulting in underextraction and watery coffee. This filter takes time and effort in both brewing and cleaning however, when using a variety of different grind sizes and coffee types the filter seems to outperform both the standard plastic and even the upgraded paper filters. I found also that introducing the coffee just slightly after the water has started coming into the top glass yeilded slightly less bitter results. If you love brewing coffee and experimenting with the processes than this filter is truly a must have. No more paper flavour, no more plastic flavour just good, clean, oily coffee packed with the flavour it came with.
John M.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 29, 2015
I am a great fan of coffee and have been using the hario siphon with the bamboo filter cloth. I found that if the cloth wasn't really well cleaned after use by bleaching and rinsing really well, it left a residual aftertaste in the next lot of coffee which was really noticeable.I only found out by a trial clean as my fresh ground batch tasted odd.This new mesh filter is brilliant. No aftertaste and cleans up a treat. I now have grumpy mule Guatemalan pocola that tastes like coffee and no weird aftertaste.If you like coffee buy one!!!
Jerry P. Danzig
Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2015
I just wanted to confirm what another customer claimed on this page: this stainless steel permanent filter fits the Diguo Intelligent electric syphon coffee maker perfectly and works beautifully -- for as long as it works.I really don't notice any difference in coffee taste or body using this steel filter instead of a cloth filter.I can say that the steel filter is a snap to clean; in fact, a brief rinse under a faucet and you're done, without having to scrub the filter surface, as with a cloth filter.But unfortunately, I have also discovered that this permanent filter is anything but. I had my first one of these for some eighteen months or so before I noticed that the rubber seal was deteriorating, and apparently the spring that holds the filter tightly in place was losing its tension. As a result, water was bubbling up around the filter during the initial boil-up, causing some overflow at the top of the upper water chamber -- and leaking around the filter during the cool-down, the latter greatly extending the brewing process.I also must express some reservations about the Diguo Syphon Coffee Maker itself. The handle of the glass carafe spontaneously detached one day, making the unit unusable after about 18 months of service.I still love the smooth, rich, mellow coffee the syphon process makes; I just wish Diguo's coffee maker and this filter were both more durable.PERMANENT FILTER PROS:* Outlasts cloth filters.* A perfect fit for the Diguo Intelligent syphon coffee maker.* Very easy to clean.* Works as well as cloth filters.CONS:* Not inexpensive* Wears out and needs replacement after about 18 months of use.