AeroPress Paper Micro-Filter vs AeroPress XL Paper Micro-Filter

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

Paper · Cellulose

Reuse

Single-use

Availability

In production

How it brews

The larger round paper disc cut for the AeroPress XL cap — a bigger seat than the standard AeroPress, so this filter and the standard one do not interchange in either direction. Like the smaller disc it works under a pressed column rather than a gravity drip, catching fines and oils so the pressed cup lands clean; the extra diameter simply matches the XL's wider chamber and larger batch. AeroPress states no flow class for it and there's no dependable within-seat ranking, so we leave flow unrated rather than invent one. Brewers who dislike any trace of paper tend to give it a rinse before brewing.