AeroPress XL Paper Micro-Filter vs Studio Barista Metal Filter for AeroPress

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.

Fits

AeroPress

Flow

Unknown · Unknown

Material

Metal

Reuse

Washable, reusable

Availability

In production

How it brews

A third-party stainless mesh disc for the standard AeroPress cap, an alternative to AeroPress's own reusable metal filter. Like any metal AeroPress filter it passes more oils and fines than paper, so the cup tends to read fuller and carry more sediment, in exchange for cutting single-use waste. Flow isn't rated by the maker and there's no dependable within-seat ranking, so we leave it unrated. It seats in the same AeroPress cap as the standard paper disc.