Collapsible Stainless Mesh Coffee Filter

Why it exists

Paper filters are one more thing to pack, keep dry, and throw away after every pour. This collapsible stainless mesh cone takes paper out of the kit entirely. It rests on a mug or travel tumbler, you pour through it, and you rinse it for the next cup. It brews drip coffee at camp, in the car, in a hotel room, or at the desk, and it holds loose-leaf tea when the coffee runs out.

How it works

Open the folding frame so the arms spread to about 11.8 cm (4.6 in) and rest them across the rim of your mug, camp cup, or travel tumbler. Add ground coffee through the 6.3 cm (2.5 in) opening, pour a little hot water to wet the grounds, wait, then pour the rest in stages the way you would with any pour-over. The stainless mesh holds the grounds while the coffee drips through into the cup beneath. Lift the cone off, drink, and when it has cooled, tap the grounds out, rinse the mesh, and let it dry before you fold it flat. For tea, drop in loose leaves, set it on the cup, and pour; it works as a tea holder as well as a coffee cone.

The cone is about 7.3 cm (2.9 in) tall with the frame open, so it carries a single-mug dose of grounds. Collapsed, it packs with the mug it brews into.

Built for the trail

• Reusable stainless steel mesh cone. No paper to pack, keep dry, or throw away.
• Folding frame. Collapses for packing and opens to about 11.8 cm (4.6 in) across the arms.
• Arms rest across a mug or travel tumbler. Brews straight into the cup you drink from, including a tumbler in a car cupholder.
• 6.3 cm (2.5 in) opening, about 7.3 cm (2.9 in) tall (maker's figure). Sized for one cup at a time.
• Drip coffee cone and loose-leaf tea holder. One piece for both.
• Stainless steel mesh and frame. Tap, rinse, dry, repeat.

Best for

Travelers, desk brewers, van dwellers, and campers who want a pour-over that folds small and never needs a paper filter, and anyone who brews into a travel tumbler in the car or a hotel room. If you want the clean, bright cup that paper gives, or you brew for a group into a carafe, pick our foldable paper-filter drip rack or a larger brewer instead; this is a single-cup mesh cone.

Honest limits

Mesh is not paper. Fine particles and coffee oils pass through metal mesh, so expect a heavier-bodied cup with some sediment at the bottom, and grind a step coarser than you would for paper. The 6.3 cm (2.5 in) opening is modest, so spoon grounds in with some care. Rinsing clears the grounds, but oils build up over time and the mesh will want a deeper clean now and then. The dimensions are the maker's figures; no weight is listed, so we do not state one.

Specs

What's covered

• 30-day returns for unused items in original packaging; anything that arrives defective or damaged is replaced.
• Free shipping on every order.