So I have a question for all you coffee drinkers. Are expensive coffee filters significantly better than cheap ones? I use the cone-shaped paper filters -- generic, usually -- and lately, they've been splitting open at the bottom every time I brew a pot. I actually had a dream about filters last night, and in the dream, we had to buy filters that didn't even have a seam. They were just folded over, so I had to go through this very elaborate process of wetting them so the fold wouldn't let any grounds through. You know a problem is starting to affect me when it seeps into my dreams! I keep ending up with yucky grounds in the bottom of my cup, and it was particularly bad today when I tried to gulp down my last bit of coffee and got a mouthful of coffee bean pieces. Blech. What I'm wondering is (is) whether it's worth it to invest in one of those reusable filters that's made with some sort of screen, or whether I should just upgrade my paper filters to a different brand, or what. I do not like ingesting coffee grounds, though I'm sure it could be worse.

Labels: coffee, dreaming, kitchen adventures

• posted by erica 5/07/2005 11:29:00 AM
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