Comments on: How to Destroy the Earth with a Coffee Can http://www.bloggle.com/2007/02/how-to-destroy-the-earth-with-a-coffee-can/ Coffee & Commentary Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:25:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: scully http://www.bloggle.com/2007/02/how-to-destroy-the-earth-with-a-coffee-can/#comment-12845 scully Fri, 23 Feb 2007 23:34:54 +0000 http://www.bloggle.com/2007/02/how-to-destroy-the-earth-with-a-coffee-can/#comment-12845 We make a full pot every morning usually of a dark blend (Dean's Beans "Ahab's Revenge"). We don't scrub it hard. Thanks for the tips and advice! We make a full pot every morning usually of a dark blend (Dean’s Beans “Ahab’s Revenge”). We don’t scrub it hard. Thanks for the tips and advice!

]]> By: deCadmus http://www.bloggle.com/2007/02/how-to-destroy-the-earth-with-a-coffee-can/#comment-12841 deCadmus Fri, 23 Feb 2007 20:49:11 +0000 http://www.bloggle.com/2007/02/how-to-destroy-the-earth-with-a-coffee-can/#comment-12841 Better permanent filters (read, SwissGold) are made from stainless steel with a gold electroplate. Over time the gold wears off and the stainless is exposed. This isn't a big deal, really, but it *does* mean that you need to clean a bit more thoroughly now than before. The gold plating is a spiffy, inert material that doesn't muck with the flavor of your coffee, or easily trap oils that can become rancid over time. It could be that you were scrubbing more than was really necessary if you've scrubbed the gold off inside a year. Either that or you're making *lots* of coffee... good on you. ;) Better permanent filters (read, SwissGold) are made from stainless steel with a gold electroplate.

Over time the gold wears off and the stainless is exposed. This isn’t a big deal, really, but it *does* mean that you need to clean a bit more thoroughly now than before. The gold plating is a spiffy, inert material that doesn’t muck with the flavor of your coffee, or easily trap oils that can become rancid over time.

It could be that you were scrubbing more than was really necessary if you’ve scrubbed the gold off inside a year. Either that or you’re making *lots* of coffee… good on you. ;)

]]> By: scully http://www.bloggle.com/2007/02/how-to-destroy-the-earth-with-a-coffee-can/#comment-12839 scully Fri, 23 Feb 2007 19:33:28 +0000 http://www.bloggle.com/2007/02/how-to-destroy-the-earth-with-a-coffee-can/#comment-12839 This post reminds me that I'd like your advice/thoughts on the life of a gold filter. How often, if ever, do they need to be replaced? We clean ours after each brewing and still see a lot of discoloring of the filter as if the gold color is disappearing. Ours is almost exactly one year old. This post reminds me that I’d like your advice/thoughts on the life of a gold filter. How often, if ever, do they need to be replaced? We clean ours after each brewing and still see a lot of discoloring of the filter as if the gold color is disappearing. Ours is almost exactly one year old.

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