Cafec - 5 Best Coffee Filters for Pour Over

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Are CAFEC coffee filters the equivalent of graduating from your hand-me-down blade grinder you have no memory of inheriting to your first burr grinder when it was time to step up your game?

In other words, if you're looking for a filter to put in your V60 pour-over coffee apparatus that gives your loving cup more love than the unbleached recycled cardboard-tasting02-size one you've been buying at the grocery store, then you came to the right place.

For the money, Cafec osmotic flow might be the best coffee filters for pour over.

Coffee enthusiast forums and internet comments are full of opinions on the results of these filters, so let's break down the differences between them and give you some options on how you can find out for yourself what your opinion might be.

To limit the variables, here we're going to zoom in on the Description cone filter. In this size of the most common V60 brewer, we've got five choices to break down:

	Cafec Filter	Description	Flow Rate	Density	Grind Size
	Abaca	Cafec's hemp-like flagship	Fast Flow	Low Density	Medium-Fine
	Support Forest	Sustainable forestry certified	Fast Flow	Low Density	Medium-Fine
	T90 - Medium Dark Roast	balanced cup - fast flow - low density	Fastest Flow	Low Density	Fine
	T83 - Dark Roast	high body & sweet cup	Medium Flow	Medium Density	Medium
	T92 - Light Roast	clean & clear cup	Slow	High Density	Medium-Coarse

Made of non-wood "Manilla Hemp" from a banana tree native to the Philippines called Abacá, the flagship filter from Cafec is soft, strong, compostable, and produced from a sustainable resource.

Abaca+ is the same as the flagship but has the FSC certificate for traceable production materials. The "Support Forest" filter gives you the same certification but is a little easier to track down than Abaca +.

The T series filters are where things get interesting, and not in the way you might expect.

T92 Light Roast, for example, you might expect a focus on acidity, clarity, and a filter that can bring out some of the fruit-tasting notes in a lightly roasted specialty coffee bean. Will you get those things? Maybe yes, but the goal of this filter with its slow flow rate and high density is to increase extraction compared to a normal filter, grind size being equal. The slower flow rate ends up with characteristics you would see in an immersion hybrid brewer like the Hario Switch or the Clever Dripper. The result? Extra texture, body, and mouthfeel in your cup without losing the clarity and acidity you sought.

Let's talk T90 for a second. Low density, fast flow rate, does that mean I need to use it to brew only French charcoal roast without risking low extraction? Not exactly. Don't be afraid to grind fine with this one and go wild with the light-mediums that are overflowing your kitchen cabinets. Fast flow means you can use the other tools in your shed to jack up your extraction without risking stalling your brew. In fact, the T90 appears to be a top seller that is most readily available for fast shipping and subscribe and save. This filter is labeled for "medium dark" roasted coffees, but many in the specialty coffee community have reported better experiences with light-roasted, brighter beans than with standard 02-sized cone-shaped filters for drip brewers like the V60. The "T-90" designation refers to the filter's ability to remove up to 90% of sediment and impurities from your coffee, resulting in a cleaner and more refined brew.

We know what you're thinking. Is the T83 really for me? I wouldn't be sitting here reading this long-winded article about coffee filters if bitter dark roasts were my jam. You're right. You can skip that one. Unless! If you ever find yourself making coffee for other people who "don't like your weird light roasts" maybe this is an opportunity to hold back some fines and blow their minds with sweetness instead of the astringency they are accustomed to tolerating.

Overall, CAFEC filters feel premium but aren't much more expensive than the basic ones most people use. Compared to Sabarist, agreed by many to be the gold standard crème de la crème, you're spending a lot less but getting much of the same benefit. Contrasted with Chemex bonded filters, again you're spending less and can use them with a V60 without having to bust out the garden clippers.

If you haven't read enough by now and want to continue burrowing into the rabbit hole to find out why these filters are unique, here's some science dropped from CAFEC's website.

In traditional papermaking processes, paper is typically dried on a heated roller, resulting in one side being creped while the other is pressed flat. However, Cafec's innovative papermaking technology introduces "Two-Side Crepe" air-through-dry, where crepe is added to both sides of the paper and dried using hot air, instead of being pressed onto a heater.

This unique approach allows the crepe on both sides of the paper to maintain its original form and sufficient height. The optimal height balance achieved by the two-side crepe method ensures that almost all fine ground coffee adheres to the crepe, resulting in a clear cup of coffee without any muddiness. Additionally, the two-sided crepe design facilitates smooth water flow during the brewing process, further enhancing the brewing efficiency and workflow experience.

Thanks to this advanced papermaking technology, Cafec filters offer superior performance in filtering coffee grounds while preserving the delicate flavors and aromas of your coffee.

The osmotic flow of water is an important biological transport process that occurs across cell membranes, basement membranes, and extracellular matrices of connective tissues.

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