Able Brewing Kone Coffee Filter Review

Are you sick and tired of wasteful paper coffee filters? Or maybe you just want a pour-over brew with a heavier body and fuller mouthfeel? Either way, the Able Kone coffee filter is the answer. This perforated metal filter pairs the best immersion and percolation brewing to deliver a reliable and delicious morning cuppa joe.

In this review, we’ll give you all the details on this reusable coffee filter, including why it costs more than typical metal filters and why it’s worth it.

对能够酿造的Kone过滤器的完整评论

Now under the umbrella of high-end coffee machine manufacturer Ratio, Able Brewing started with a simple concept (1）。目的是为Chemex制作可重复使用的金属滤清器，该过滤器将提供酿酒师闻名的干净杯子和法国新闻啤酒的强大风味。他们成功了吗？继续阅读以找出答案。

Design – 4/5

能够酿造的kone滤清器是一片穿孔的不锈钢，包裹在锥形形状中，并在上面放上塑料边缘。设计很简单，但功能正常，它可以很好地工作。当前的模型是超出原始模型的几个迭代，并具有来自客户反馈的一些不错的升级。

First of all, the plastic rim is a new addition that wasn’t in earlier models. As much as people are unwilling to allow any plastic into their coffee brewing devices, in this case, the plastic rim allows the Able Kone to sit more snuggly in your pour-over brewer. And don’t worry, your hot water should never contact the plastic.

Another change from the original Able Kone is that it now has a flat tip rather than coming to a sharp point. This has little to do with coffee quality and is more of a safety improvement after too many uncaffeinated users stabbed themselves with the sharp cone. If you have children who might stumble across your coffee gear, you’ll appreciate this update.

The original Able Brewing Kone measures 4″ tall with a 5⅛” diameter, and it is compatible with 6, 8, and 10 cup Chemex brewers as well as the Origami dripper. You can also use it with the Moccamaster Technivorm, Bonavita and Ratio 8 coffee makers. These premium coffee machines, which in many ways mimic the action ofpour-over coffee makers, are all certified by the SCA for the high quality of coffee they produce (2）。

The Kone Mini brews with theHario V6002 pour-over brewer and measures 3″ tall with a 4″ diameter. The Able Disk is sized to fit in the famous Aeropress coffee maker, typically using round paper coffee filters. It’s available as Standard or Fine, the latter of which is more delicate, at about one-third the thickness of the Standard disk, but it yields a sweeter, clean cup of coffee with fewer fines.

Potential design issue

有一件事需要注意的时候酝酿今敏e is that the perforations extend to the top of the cone. Perhaps it’s a design decision that they will revisit in the future. So if the cone fills with water, the water flow can escape through the sides without contacting the coffee, leaving you with a watery and under-extracted cup.

You can easily avoid this issue by using proper brewing techniques. Don’t just add all the water at once; you need to pay attention throughout the brew and keep topping it up to brew coffee. This isn’t the “set it and forget it” brewing method, but no pour-over should be.

Coffee Style – 4/5

Coffee style isn’t something you can score because it comes down to personal taste. Whether you like the coffee brewed by the Able Kone will come down to how you feel about French Press coffee and pour-over coffee because it produces a brew somewhere between the two.

The great-tasting coffee produced by the Able Brewing Kone has a heavier body and more oily mouthfeel than coffee brewed with a traditional paper coffee filter. Chemex paper filters, in particular, are very thick so the Kone filter will produce a very different style of coffee than a typical Chemex. However, it still keeps the qualities many people enjoy about a percolation style brew, as described by James Gray, co-founder of Barista & Co (3）。

As opposed to a paper coffee filter, the perforated metals allow the coffee oils through into the finished cup of coffee, giving it a more robust flavor than a typical pour-over.

At the same time, the laser-cut metal of the Able Kone lets less coffee sediment through than the average metal mesh French Press filter. The result is a brew that we’d best describe as a cleaner French press coffee, which is a happy medium sure to appeal to plenty of specialty coffee lovers.

It’s worth going on a slight tangent here to compare the coffee brewed by the Kone filter against another brewer that claims to pair the best of both immersion and pour-over brewing styles: theClever Dripper. The Clever Dripper takes an opposite strategy from the Kone filter, and it keeps the long-brew time steep of an immersion brew but filters the resultant coffee through a paper filter. So you’ll still get the robust flavors of an immersion brew, but in this case, you get none of the coffee oils. It produces a clean cup with a lighter body than the Kone.

Build Quality – 5/5

能够酿造的kone滤清器不过是一块激光切割的不锈钢片，包裹在锥形形状中，因此几乎坚不可摧。它比典型的金属网状永久过滤器更长。它永远不会生锈或翘曲，并且需要付出一些严重的努力来压碎它。除了用您的汽车备份它，我不建议您肯定地说您不会损坏能够造成的Kone或Able Kone Mini。

The Kone is certified food-safe, including the BPA-free plastic rim. It’s designed in Oregon but produced in China, which is unfortunate but very common to reasonable costs. Regardless, Able does an excellent job with quality control.

耐用性有一个例外：ABLE磁盘的精细版本，非常精致。这是通过设计的，因为美味佳肴使其能够生产出如此微妙的甜啤酒，但值得记住的是，它很容易被弯曲或损坏。因此，请仔细对待它，尤其是如果您像许多其他人一样，使用Aeropress进行旅行或露营。

打扫– 5/5

The Able Kone might not be relatively as quick and easy to clean up as a paper coffee filter, but it’s pretty darn close. Just knock the used ground coffee into the garbage and give it a quick rinse with water, and that’s it. Once a week or so, I like to give it a more thorough wash with soapy water to ensure no coffee oils are building up in the holes. If you have a dishwasher, you’ll be happy to hear that it’s dishwasher-safe, making clean-up even easier.

Unlike a traditional mesh filter, you never end up with a bunch of ground coffee clogged in the holes with the Able Brewing Kone. The tiny laser-cut perforations and ultra-smooth stainless steel surface mean that coffee grounds quickly and easily rinse right out.

Value for Money – 4/5

I’ll say right up front that the Able Brewing Kone is one of the more expensivecoffee filterson the market, but you shouldn’t take that to mean it’s not good value. IIt’swell worth its price for brewing specialty coffee.

对于初学者来说，它是一个更常见的金属网格过滤器上的切割，它的持续时间以及清洁的容易程度。您永远不需要购买另一个，而快速清理意味着您早上浪费更少的时间。众所周知，时间就是金钱。

Whether it is also a cut above in coffee quality comes down to personal taste. But it indeed yields a cleaner and more refined coffee cup when compared with something like a Gold Tone filter.

购买一次，您无需重新重建新的咖啡过滤器。您喝的咖啡越多，节省的钱就越多！不仅如此，而且每天不将二手纸过滤器扔到垃圾桶中，还有一个额外的环境好处 - 假设您没有堆肥。

If you’re a Hario V60 fan, then you’ll get even more value for your dollars because the Kone Mini is a bit cheaper than the full-sized Kone. However, V60 filters are cheaper than Chemex filters as well.

Don’t Buy the Able Brewing Kone Coffee Filter If…

You brew with the Kalita Wave:The Able Kone is not compatible with theKalita Wave, a pour-over dripper that is actually named for the unique wave-shaped filters it requires. There are no metal filters on the market designed to fit the Wave. However, if you’re looking for a permanent filter option for environmental reasons, cloth filters are explicitly designed for the Kalita Wave.

You prefer the cleaner cup:如果您喜欢通过纸张过滤的干净味道和轻便的倾倒咖啡，那么纸过滤器就是唯一的方法。如果环境影响对您有所关注，请确保您可以使用堆肥以可持续处理它们。

You use a coffee machine with a flat bottom basket:If you’re looking for a permanent metal filter for your coffee machine and it doesn’t use a conical basket, Gold Tone reusable mesh filters are a great option. They are affordable and come in all sizes, though they will brew a slightly different style of coffee than the Able Brewing Kone.

The Verdict

If you appreciate therich flavor and full body of a French Press brew AND the clean taste of a pour over然后，Able Kone咖啡过滤器应在您的咖啡棒上占有一席之地。无论您是使用Kone，Kone Mini还是Aeropress磁盘，它在两种酿造方法之间都达到了完美的平衡。更重要的是？它是环保的，易于使用的，从长远来看将为您节省金钱。

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