AeroPress Paper Micro-Filter vs Able Brewing DISK (Standard / Fine)

Fits

AeroPress

Flow

Unknown · Unknown

Material

Paper · Cellulose

Reuse

Single-use

Availability

In production

How it brews

The small round paper disc that drops into the cap of a standard AeroPress — the same filter covers the Original, the Clear and the Go, which all share the one cap seat. Its job is simple: it sits under a pressed column of water rather than a gravity drip, so the paper mostly catches fines and oils and keeps sediment out of the cup, giving the clean finish people tend to associate with a paper AeroPress. AeroPress publishes no flow rating for it and there's no reliable within-seat ranking against, say, the metal reusable disc, so we leave flow unrated rather than guess. A quick rinse is common practice to knock back any paper note, and the XL brewer takes its own larger disc that does not fit this cap.

Fits

AeroPress

Flow

Unknown · Unknown

Material

Metal

Reuse

Washable, reusable

Availability

In production

How it brews

The original standalone reusable metal disc for the AeroPress, from Able Brewing. It drops into the standard filter cap in place of paper, so it lets more of the coffee's oils through for a fuller, more textured body. It comes in two etches: the Standard passes a touch more fines and body, while the thinner DISK Fine aims for a very clean, sweet cup with little to no sediment. One buy, washable, and it lasts for years — no ongoing paper. Able publishes no within-seat flow rating against paper, so we leave flow unrated.