<p>Any pros or cons about this feature? Got a Food Network one at Kohl’s and just a bit hesitant to plug it in. New Year’s Goal…stop sweating the small stuff and get on with my life.</p>
<p>“New Year’s Goal…stop sweating the small stuff and get on with my life.” </p>
<p>Sounds like a good idea.</p>
<p>Is it one of those gold-plated filters? Back when DH used to drink coffee, we had one. It was great.</p>
<p>How do you clean out the filter? Does it get really messy?</p>
<p>I have one of the gold mesh filters which I use as an emergency reserve for when we run out of paper filters. It works fine, but is not my preference as it does allow a small bit of sendiment into to the coffee. It’s really easy to clean. Just dump the grounds and rinse it. It can also go in the dishwasher.</p>
<p>Combined with a funnel, it is the absolute best utensil for straining sendiment and/or cork out of very old wine, such as vintage port.</p>
<p>We just dump the grounds in the trash and rinse it out after every use. Run it through the dishwasher once a week or so. I love it because I never run out of filters at 6am. My D hates it because she is lazy. Personal preference I guess.</p>
<p>^^^Hah, we just gave S2 a little coffeemaker for Christmas. He wanted one with paper filters, so in his dorm he can just dump the paper filter and not have to rinse the mesh filter. He’s lazy too.</p>
<p>Important update…kept the coffee maker and it works just fine. But I agree with the lazy son who wanted to use filters. It’s really quite messy especially if you don’t empty the filter right away. Who does that? The good news is that you can use paper filters just as easily.
Thanks for all the advice.</p>
<p>Our new coffee maker came with one of those. For several weeks, my husband was putting the paper filter INTO the mesh filter. I had to convince him that it was an either/or thing. </p>
<p>You want messy, try getting the filter full of grounds out of the mesh filter.</p>
<p>I’ve used a gold mesh filter for several years - not the same one. I dump the grounds into the compost bin and then the rest down the sink/disposal. It just takes a few seconds to rinse it out. I must say that if I’m making the full pot of 12 cups, I’ll use a regular filter because that’s when the grounds do seep through.</p>