recent purchase
Everything was fine except since this was a third party seller it took extra time for monies and info to be transferred from Amazon to the seller. Other than the delivery slipping a number of times I was happy with the price product and packaging.
Not a real big deal...I'd do business with them again but not if I were in a hurry.
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normal for a gold filter
The previous reviewer is correct about the "sediment" from the filter. Typically gold filters allow the oils and other properties of the ground bean to pass though instead of being stuck in the paper filter. This gives a darker richer coffee. It also means you have a small "shot" of more dense coffee at the end of your cup. You can either drink it or not some people really like the taste of the gold filter others are used to the paper and don't like it at all. I guess it's just a matter of taste.
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