UPDATE 10/13/2012: For those who are really put off by the size and effectiveness of this filter, I found a way to get an absolutely great tasting cup of java. Simply, brew the grounds in the percolator WITHOUT A FILTER, then sit the filter on top of your coffee mug (I have a 12 oz mug I got from here and the filter fits perfectly on it, just barely going down a little into the cup) and pour the brew thru the filter. It collects loose grounds and "sludge", and I read on one website, where it should also filter out the elements that might cause elevated blood pressure....according to a study at the website from (I believe) the University of Pennsylvania. After reading the reviews I did expect a small filter BUT this critter is teenie tiny! There is about an 1/8 inch gap between the filter and the basket in my 12 cup Presto percolator. If you use 3 heaping Tbps of coarse grounds, you can get some really good tasting coffee. Fortunately, I fix coffee only for myself and usually use only 3 (6 ounce) cups at a time. I do not believe you could make more than 5 cups of java at a time. It has its drawbacks (it takes a little extra time to clean in addition to being tiny) but the taste of the coffee (versus using a paper filter) is well worth it. UPDATE 11/17/2011: Normally, i use the coarse grind with my Presto percolator but I tried fine grind using this filter and it was great! I used the regular, paper disc filter also, and noticed a major difference....this filter produced the best taste by far. Read more
I have a percolator, which I love! The stainless steel filter inside always gets clogged with coffee grounds. I end up having to soak it in vinegar to unclog the small holes in it. I needed a filter that actually works. This mesh one is perfect. It’s a bit small, for my percolator but it serves the purpose. Please make a 3 1/2 inch one in the future. I will buy it. .it’s great quality. Read more
Too tall for the perc. Read more
I recently bought this re-usable coffee filter because of the rising cost of paper disk coffee filters. I have a Presto 12-cup percolator coffee maker, and this re-usable filter fit inside the metal basket just fine. It made a great cup of coffee and there was minimal if any coffee grounds in the bottom of the pot! My only problem with this product is that it is SMALL. I can easily make up to 6 cups of coffee in my percolator using this filter, but it will definitely not hold enough ground coffee to make 12 cups. I do plan to keep this product since I usually make 4-6 cups of coffee at a time, but please note the small size. Read more
I have the Farberware Yosemite 8 cup stove top percolator Farberware 50124 Classic Yosemite Stainless Steel Percolator and have been using it and this filter for more than a month. Thus far, it's an excellent replacement for messy paper filter discs. Even better, it has done a flawless job of keeping coffee grounds out of the final brew. I noticed at least one review with a complaint about this filter not doing the job and I find that to be truly unbelievable. If you have a typical stove top percolator in the 10 cups or less range (and you know how to use it) then this filter is a no-brainer. I am not using any special grind of coffee nor do I have to run the metal percolator basket under water first. I get identical and flawless results with both coarse and fine bean grinds. Fill the filter with the appropriate amount of ground coffee, drop it into the percolator basket and cover with the basket cover. That's it. It cleans up in a snap, is as pure white as the day it arrived and is well-made for a very reasonable price. BREW TIP: I like a strong brew and have found a CUPS+2 formula works great. I use an ordinary teaspoon from my kitchen flatware. Example: if you fill the percolator with water up to the 6 cup mark then you would add 6+2 heaping teaspoons of ground coffee to the filter. That's 8 teaspoons for the math challenged. Subtract 1 or 2 teaspoons for a less hearty brew. FILLING TIP: The central cylinder on this filter is open at the top and bottom so that it can drop into a variety of percolator baskets. It resides in an already tight space and can make adding ground coffee to the filter a bit awkward. I avoid waste, odd teaspoon angling (and the cute, little counter mound that forms from the grinds that fall through the cylinder hole) with an ordinary marble. Use it to cover the cylinder hole, drop your ground coffee directly over it and remove the marble before you drop the filter into the percolator basket. It's bigger than the hole but small enough that it acts as a perfect dispersion tool for the grounds. A spherical bead or similar object works just as well. Happy brewing! Read more
As other reviewers have noted, this filter does not have sufficient capacity for many 10-12 cup percolators. It would be nice if they offered more than one size. Also, I find that I have had to increase the amount of coffee I use in my percolator (an old Corningware 10-cup model)to get the right strength--I think it's because the filter is so small in diameter that some of the water misses the basket entirely during the perking process (Pouring a half a cup of the just-perked coffee back through the grounds creates a stronger brew, but who wants to do that every time?). People with other makes of percolators may not experience this problem. If I could control the length of the perking cycle this problem might be resolved, but I can't. With coffee so expensive, it's aggravating to have to use more! I used to have a wonderful old percolator (I think it was a Presto)that had both a fine in-spout strainer and an adjustable strength setting. It kept the grounds out of my coffee and I could control the length of the perking cycle. I wish they still made it, because it made perfect coffee with any grind. Read more
