Drink to Your Health

This article from Good Housekeeping gives a great reason to use coffee filters:

4. FAVOR FILTERS
Coffee brewed without a paper filter — in a French press or espresso pot, for example — retains an oily residue that contains cafestol, a substance that raises levels of heart-damaging LDL cholesterol. You could — if you're addicted to your French press — pour your coffee through a paper filter into a cup. Or, just save special brews for an occasion — breakfast in bed, anyone?

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