Coava disk filter for the Aeropress

[BoldJava]

Interesting to follow the discussions on the AP over at Coffee Geek.  The Coava filter has sparked some mild renewed interest in using that *plastic* prep, aka Aeropress.

Ceramicly,

B|Java

[ecdhunt]

Used my AP with the Coava disk for the first time this afternoon.  Minimal fines in the cup.  And it was perhaps the best cup I've ever had.  Chad's Colombia Tolima was the coffee.

Wondering if the old FP has a place in the cupboard any more?

[John F]

I have some experience woking with plastics and can tell you that the old aeropresses were made from polycarbonate. While this does contain BPA (no phthalates) it does not leech.

Sweet!

[BoldJava]

Double disk - time to choose

008 : Smaller holes and slightly thiner material - We find it to produce a lighter mouthfeel with very clean and hardly any fines/sediment

010: Larger holes and slightly thicker material - A bit more pronounced body and richness with a bit more fines/sediment. Slightly easier to clean.

http://coava.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/disk-coffee-filter

[YasBean]

Hmm, so which is the original?

[milowebailey]

These guys are slick... once a month toss out a new variation.... us Caffeinatics will jump at their bait. 

First the Kone, then Kone with a Chemex, then the disk, then the disk with an aeropress, now another disk... (which I want)

Mark my words, we will next see a single or double portafilter basket.... then the other one, then a vacpot filter..... where does the madness end?

[BoldJava]

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Mark my words, we will next see a single or double portafilter basket.... then the other one, then a vacpot filter..... where does the madness end?

Fortunately, it doesn't end.  Madness occurs if it does.

B|Java

[peter]

...
Mark my words, we will next see a single or double portafilter basket.... then the other one, then a vacpot filter..... where does the madness end?

Fortunately, it doesn't end.  Madness occurs if it does.

B|Java

The only escape from the madness is in death.

[rasqual]

Fortunately, it doesn't end.  Madness occurs if it does.

LOL

Right. It's like MAD.

[staylor]

I know this is an old thread but with my pressurestat acting wonky I wanted something to distract me while I wait for the CEME replacement. So this afternoon I picked up a Coava disk filter for the AP at a local coffee shop. Tomorrow morning is the first run at it.

[John F]

. Tomorrow morning is the first run at it.

Read my review day after tomorrow. 

[staylor]

The last batch of my Panama Elida Natural that I had roasted in hopes the Jaeger pressurestat was going to be 'the one' turns out to be the coffee this morning for the Coava disc. Gotta say, this was a fantastic Aeropress cup.

Not sure if it's always going to bang out great coffee, or I got absolutely lucky choosing the best grind/dose, or whatever, but the cup I just finished was seriously good.

As you can see this is a number 008 disc and I got almost zero fines in the bottom of the cup, a minuscule sprinkling, almost too small of an amount to mention. I had a Kone yesterday in a retail shop which produced quite a bit of sediment in the bottom of the cup but the cup was really, really good - a Kemgin: https://www.philsebastian.com/coffees/kemgin-wellega-ethiopia

This image is post-brew, I just quickly rinsed the disc (5secs) and dropped it back in the base for a quick photo.

[John F]

But as compared to paper and/or poly..... ?

[John F]

Or more interesting....I'd be very curious to know how that same coffee compares in a FP.

[staylor]

But as compared to paper and/or poly..... ?

No poly, but I'll whip up a paper AP using same dose/grind/bean/technique and let you know in a few mins.