Cuisinart GTF Gold Tone Filter
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: CuisinartBrand: Cuisinart
Model: GTF
Product features:
- Permanent gold-tone filter
- Helps provide full-flavored coffee
- For use with DCC-100, DCC-900, DCC-1000, DCC-1200, and DGB-300 Series coffee makers
Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Cuisinart GTF Gold Tone Filter
Customer Review: It works if you like sediment in your coffee!
Summary: 2 Stars
We've always used paper filters, but one of these came with our new DCC-1200 (or old Mr Coffee maker died after a year, so decided to go with Cuisinart quality this time) so we decided to give it a shot. I find it interesting that Cuisinart includes this "permanent" gold tone filter AND a starter pack of paper filters with the DCC-1200. Are they providing consumers a preference, or is there another message to be included in that decision?
Using paper filters we've always had nice, clean, clear pots of coffee without any real visible grinds, sediment, etc. This is NOT the case with the gold tone filter used alone. Our first pot with this (and unfortunately with the DCC-1200) had very visible sediment in the bottom of the pot as well as throughout the pot (hold a flashlight up to the pot and you may notice a haze and floaters). Rather than a pot of clear, dark brown coffee as we expected, we ended up with a pot of hazy coffee with a "sandy" (i.e. sediment) bottom. It didn't particularly TASTE bad, but we could identify a bit of fine grit that wasn't too pleasant.
I decided to strain the pot just brewed using the gold tone filter through a standard paper filter and the paper captured all the sediment the gold tone filter let through (see the picture I uploaded to the product gallery). The resulting, strained, pot was what the gold tone filter SHOULD HAVE produced - a clear pot of coffee.
Note that we do tend to grind our beans on the finer side, so if you primarily use a coarser grind then maybe you'll be OK with this filter; however, regardless of the grind you're still likely to have some sediment in your coffee with this filter.
Looks like we'll be sticking with reliable paper filters. Good idea by Cuisinart and nice to include with the coffee maker, but the execution and performance of the filter leaves much to be desired.
Description of Cuisinart GTF Gold Tone Filter
Permanent gold-tone filter for use in the DCC-100, DCC-900, DCC-1000, DCC-1200, and DGB-300 series coffee makers by Cuisinart.Kitchen & Housewares
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