Filters
Melitta 1x4 (wedge) vs Hario Pegasus Filter Paper
Melitta 1x4 (wedge)
- Fits
- Melitta wedge
- Flow
- Unknown · Unknown
- Material
- Paper · Cellulose
- Reuse
- Single-use
- Availability
- In production
- How it brews
- The original wedge filter — Melitta invented the format in 1908 — in the familiar 1x2 (1-4 cup) and 1x4 (4-8 cup) sizes for Melitta and other trapezoid pour-over cones and drip machines. Cheap, ubiquitous, and interchangeable with the Kalita wedge seat. Melitta doesn't publish a comparative flow rating and there's no dependable within-seat ranking, so we leave flow unrated. Fold the crimped seams over in opposite directions before seating so the paper opens flat against the wedge wall.
Hario Pegasus Filter Paper
- Fits
- Melitta wedge
- Flow
- Unknown · Unknown
- Material
- Paper · Cellulose
- Reuse
- Single-use
- Availability
- In production
- How it brews
- Hario's cellulose paper for the Pegasus dripper, in sizes 01, 02 and 03 cut for the Melitta-style wedge seat — so it fits wedge drippers rather than the V60 cone Hario is better known for. The wedge format seats a folded flat-bottom paper, which pools and drains the bed differently from a single-hole cone. Hario states no flow class for the Pegasus paper and there's no dependable within-seat ranking against other wedge papers, so we leave flow unrated rather than invent one. Choose the size to your dripper and batch, and give it the usual pre-brew rinse.