Sewing your own cloth filters for pour-over coffee offers a cheap and easy way of making your favourite beverage routine more sustainable. In this video, we learn how to make a reusable cotton filter for a coffee dripping cone with a one- to two-cup brewing capacity – the same process can be tailored to the dimensions of your own dripping cone.

Supplies needed:

  • Scraps of unbleached cotton muslin
  • Cotton thread
  • Scissors
  • Marking tools (pencils, chalk)
  • Paper
  • Ruler
  • Measuring tape
  • Sewing machine, or serger, or hand-sewing tools

How to clean and maintain cloth coffee filters:

  1. Discard as many coffee grounds from the filter as you can, after brewing your coffee
  2. Thoroughly rinse the filter under running water
  3. Store the filter in a jar of cold water in the refrigerator
  4. Periodically submerge the filter in boiling water to clean it

View the original video here.

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