Poll: Do You Read The Daily Shot Of Coffee Newsletter?

This week’s question is “Do You Read The Daily Shot Of Coffee Newsletter?”

Every Thursday, I send out a little newsletter that’s a wrap up of that week’s posts. You can sign up, by entering your name and email into the maroon(ish) colored box on the top right side. You’ll also get a free eBook with coffee shop recipes. Don’t worry, it’s spam free.

The newsletter is nothing fancy, but after seeing some really cool newsletters from some of other sites, I’m working on ways to improve it.

So if you do read the newsletter, what do you think about it? How would you improve it?

If you don’t read it, why not?

I will say if you don’t read it, there’s something really good that you might be missing out on this week. I can’t go into all the details yet because it’s not finalized, but assuming it all works out, you’re going to want to be a newsletter subscriber.

Last week’s poll question was “What Type Of Coffee Filter Do You Use?”

At some point in the new future, I’m going to a post on all of the different coffee filters, what’s the benefits of each type and what’s the drawbacks.

52% answered paper filters. That’s my answer most of the time, but I’m going to start experimenting with some other options.

33% said (non-bleached) paper filters.

24% use a permanent filter.

14% use a permanent gold tone filter.

No one answered that they use a cloth filter.

Devon Hernandez said:

When I actually use my drip machine, I use unbleached paper. I know fellow coffee purists are big on using nonchlorinated water for a better tasting coffee…so the next step is to ditch the bleached white paper filters I’ve been using them so long I can’t remember if there’s a taste difference between the two (I’m sure plenty would tell you yes), but I cut them out initially to use less “toxic” things with unnecessary chemicals – I don’t want to drink bleach residuals in my morning joe. My prior coffeemaker (Gevalia) I actually used a gold tone permanent filter, which I really liked. I didn’t get funky tastes and it was easy to wash – no more running out of filters!

Karen @ Blazing Minds said:

I use non-bleached, but I also have the option of permanent so I voted for the one I use the most which is non-bleached

Nate said:

Although I have not used my drip machine for about 8 months, I use a gold permanent filter. I am a opponent of using paper filters, because I dig the oils…that’s where the taste is

Aaron said:

We use a permanent. There’s only one thing worse than waking up in the morning and realizing you’ve run out of filters. I can’t notice any difference between the permanent, bleached, or unbleached paper as far as affecting the coffee’s flavor.

Extreme John said:

I’m going to take a guess here and say that we use a permanent filter.

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