Sibarist APRIL Edition (FAST) vs Sibarist B3 FLAT

Fits

Flat basket

Flow

Fast · Manufacturer-stated

Material

Paper · Abaca

Reuse

Single-use

Availability

Specialty only

How it brews

Sibarist's fast abaca flat-bottom paper cut for April's flat brewer, in S and M. It sits in the flat-basket family and interchanges with flat papers of the matching fit. Same high-permeability abaca sheet as the FAST line: an open flat paper clears the shallow bed quickly, which is the fast, high-clarity brief Sibarist markets (its own claim, not measured here) — build contact time back with a finer grind if you want more. Specialty, single-use, with the usual rinse.

Fits

Flat basket

Flow

Medium · Manufacturer-stated

Material

Paper

Reuse

Single-use

Availability

Specialty only

How it brews

The B3 grade of Sibarist's abaca flat-bottom paper (associated with Matt Winton's flat-bed method), in S and M. Unlike the FAST papers, B3 is a lower-porosity sheet Sibarist rates as medium flow, trading some drainage speed for more body and retention across the flat bed. That medium class is the maker's own framing, not independently measured. It fits the flat-basket seat and interchanges with other flat papers of that fit; a pre-brew rinse is common.