Selecting/getting porcelain 1-cup pour-over filter holder cone

Jul 12, 2010 2 Replies

For years, I've been planning to switch away from my plastic one-cup coffee cone. I want to find the right size to allow me to use up my lifetime supply of Melitta #2 filters. After considerable surfing, I've identified three distinct porcelain coffee cones. One is from China, and I think I want to give them a few more years to improve their safety and quality control before getting food products from there.



Which one is preferred by those who have tried them? Here they are. I'd also be looking for a means of getting them in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (not in mass, since am an individual end-using consumer). I will go through individual shipping if they can't be found retail (they seem to be exceedingly rare in the retail scene, and the few that I've found are made in China).


  1. Hario (Japan)

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- Seems only purchasable from Amazon • "Order" button lists subset of VD's @amazon



  • Searching for "Hario coffee dripper" at Amazon shows a more succinct hit list


  • Selected subset if Hario cones also sold at:



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  1. Germany

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  1. China

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  • Searching for "Hario coffee dripper" at Amazon also shows products from "Frieling" and Harold Import Company

- Visiting those companies do not reveal whether they simply Hario products being sold under another name •

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  • Kitchenworks

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For years, I've been planning to switch away from my plastic one-cup coffee cone. I want to find the right size to allow me to use up my lifetime supply of Melitta #2 filters. After considerable surfing, I've identified three distinct porcelain coffee cones. One is from China, and I think I want to give them a few more years to improve their safety and quality control before getting food products from there.

Which one is preferred by those who have tried them? Here they are. I'd also be looking for a means of getting them in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (not in mass, since am an individual end-using consumer). I will go through individual shipping if they can't be found retail (they seem to be exceedingly rare in the retail scene, and the few that I've found are made in China).

  1. Hario (Japan)

----------------

  • formatting link

- All the VD series

- Seems only purchasable from Amazon • "Order" button lists subset of VD's @amazon

  • Searching for "Hario coffee dripper" at Amazon shows a more succinct hit list

  • Selected subset if Hario cones also sold at:

-

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-

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-

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  • Additionally reviewed at:

-

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  1. Germany

---------- Bald Mountain

  • formatting link
  • On my browser, much of the storyline falls beyond the viewing area

- You can get the whole storyline by clicking on any one product

  1. China

-------- Fante's Kitchen Wares Shop

  • formatting link
  • Products 120291 and 11901

  1. Unknown manufacturers

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  • Searching for "Hario coffee dripper" at Amazon also shows products from "Frieling" and Harold Import Company

- Visiting those companies do not reveal whether they simply Hario products being sold under another name •

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  • Kitchenworks

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- Products 970942 and 970940

  1. Bee House (US)

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  • I hope it is made in the U.S.
  • Opening sentence merely says that Beehouse makes them, but not whether it is through offshore contracting to places with dubious track records

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