Customer Reviews

Medelco #2 Cone Permanent Coffee Filter

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The coffee tastes great, Much better than with paper filters. But as mentioned in other reviews you get a bit too much actually "coffee" in the cup. Howeer, the flavor is of such higher quality I am willing to tolerate it. -K F (Santa Cruz)

I have a manual drip coffee maker - the plastic kind that sits on top of your coffee cup and makes one cup of coffee. This filter works great in it. Yes, the coffee comes out a little "sludgy" because more grounds get through - but I actually kind of like it that way. The water runs through the filter quite fast so I think the coffee would end up under-extracted with coarser grounds. I like not using disposable filters and I think the taste is great.

It cleans well - I knock the grounds out into the compost and then rinse it in the sink or wash in the top rack of the dishwasher. It has gotten about a year of daily use and shows no signs of wear.

I attempted to purchase a Melita "Take2" coffee maker. Amazon listed one for about $37 w/ shipping. Amazon suggested that I should purchase the permanent filter together w/ the coffee maker. I bought them both, and in selecting my options at checkout I was informed that for an extra fee they would ship the items seperately; I opted to pass on that, as I wanted both to arrive at the same time. About a week later, I recieved the Medelco coffee filter--but no coffee maker! Then after about another ten days, Amazon sends me an email asking if I want to wait until the middle of March for them to keep trying to find the Melita coffee maker!

After cancelling my Amazon "order", I bought a "Take2" on Ebay. However, I have found that the "recommended" Medelco filter does not fit quite properly into the "Take2" coffee maker--the cover/lid will not fully close into place w/ the permanent filter in it. It is a good quality filter, but I wonder which permanent filter would be the appropriate one to recommend for the Melita "Take2"?

I have a #2 mini coffee maker (with 2 travel mugs). This works great, it's easy to clean, and does a good job.

The ONLY thing I can say bad, is the top lid of the coffee maker does always shut smoothly, or it 'bulges' a bit at the top... but otherwise, it does not affect operation/functionality.

The filter works well when it comes to brewing coffee. However, cleaning it is a bit of a problem. If I try to empty the filter immediately after making coffee I need to hit it hard against something (such as the counter) a number of times to get a fair amount of the coffee grounds out. If I let it dry out a bit it's somewhat easier to knock out more of the grounds. However, I still end up having to wash out a fair amount of coffee grounds and this raises concerns about eventually clogging my drains.

It's difficult to determine whether I should attribute the negative review to the filter being the wrong size, or the pot not actually accommodating the size filter it says. (I have a Melita ME2TMB Take 2 Stainless Steel Travel Mug Coffeemaker, which brews fine using #2 paper filters.) Either way, this was a waste of money for me. It is too big to let the maker's lid close properly, so coffee cannot brew.

the filter works fine, just like other gold filters there is a little residue that gets through into the cup, but i don't mind that. the filter doesn't quite sit perfectly in my cuisinart coffee maker, but it works just fine.

This item needs to be removed as an addition to the single cup coffee maker, it does not fit the coffee maker advertized with it.

This does not fit my #2 Basket very well, and the grit it allows through is a bit too much for me. A small French press, Vietnamese coffee maker, or Moka pot allows less unpleasant grit through if you want a paperless option.

The filter has been returned for credit. The people at Medelco misinformed me and said that it would work in a Chemex coffee pot. When I tried it, I found that they were wrong and it would not fit. Amazon quickly refunded my money, but that was the only good part.