Has anyone tried the Hario cloth filters? I've been thinking about picking up one of these brewers:
http://www.avenue18.ca/TEAPOT/Hario/cof ... _DPW_3.htm
Seems like a nice alternative to the Chemex w/paper filters. Of course then I'd "need" one of these:
http://www.avenue18.ca/TEAPOT/Hario/cof ... kettle.htm I'll wait a few months & add them to my X'mas wish list. Already spent my birthday goodwill with the MCaL.

kemperj wrote:. . . polyester 5 micron filter felt from Mcmaster-Carr. . . .

Were you able to source the MSDS for that product? I do not see it on McMaster-Carr's website. While attracted to the idea, I need to know about the material's safety and applicability to food service.

Richard,

I didn't look for one. I wasn't too worried about since it is supposed to be a high quality H2O filter.

Jeff

kemperj wrote:I didn't look for one. I wasn't too worried about since it is supposed to be a high quality H2O filter.

I read the description as generic, without potable water or food being mentioned. My reading is one of describing an array of liquids. To wit:

McMaster-Carr's Pages wrote:Ideal for very fine filtering of water, organic solvents, organic acids, petroleum oils, weak alkalies, and mineral acids. Sold in individually packaged sheets for convenience. Max. temperature is 300° F. Color is white.

I'm sure if you give them a call they could give you more info.

shadowfax wrote:All of the above, with the addendum that whoever made that video was clearly under the influence of a HUGE amount of Chemex coffee!

I thought the same thing. Very energetic. My biggest issue was the text not being on the screen long enough to easily read without backing up.

RAS wrote:A question though, and pardon me if the answer is obvious: Are they just rinsing the filter with cold water? Guess you could rinse it with hot which would also preheat the carafe.

I've been just rinsing my Chemex filters with cold water and letting most of the water out drip before putting them in the carafe. I haven't tried rinsing with hot water so can't compare whether there's a difference between hot and cold water rinses. The video looks like they put a new filter in the carafe and run hot water from the kettle through it to rinse.

I have not tried the cold water rinse as I have always used hot water for two reasons one it preheats the carafe and two it preheats the filter and upper part of brewer so that it wont suck so much of the heat from the water as it is brewing the coffee. I will usually rinse the filter just as the water is coming to a boil then pour it out just before pouring the water in to brew.

Here's an "interesting" how-to video using the cloth sock Hario brewer.

I like the inclusion of the blooper at the end.

That is without question hands down one of the coolest things I have seen in a very long long time.