The moment I realized I was buying cheap drip coffee filters wrong

Used to grab whatever generic basket filters were on sale at the grocery store, like $2 for a pack of 200. They'd always tear or slow down my pour over, took me years to connect the dots. Switched to Melitta brand ones from a restaurant supply store last month, $4 for 100 but zero issues. The paper's thicker and actually fits my Chemex without folding sideways. Now I save money because I don't waste coffee grounds from a busted filter. Anyone else find that one thing you skimped on was actually costing you more in the long run?

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mary_foster9211d agoTop Commenter

So you think spending twice as much on filter paper is "saving money"? I've been using the cheap $2 store brand for years and my coffee tastes fine, never had a tear once.

carter.gavin11d agoMost Upvoted

Hey @mary_foster92, are you testing how many broken filters it takes to make the $2 "savings" worth it?