For those of you who like me have given up on cafetières because of all the faffing around, I now use these German made Finum brewing baskets for both ground coffee and loose leaf tea (different baskets for each): https://www.amazon.co.uk/finum-Mediu...brewing+basket. You can buy bigger ones as well.
Nothing gets through the stainless steel micromesh with loose leaf tea and cafetière grind coffee only teeny tiny particles. They're dead easy to use in the mug with the lid on top and afterwards underneath the basket as a drip tray, simplicity itself to tap out the detritus when cold and then a quick rinse under the tap. Occasionally a proper clean with hot water, detergent and non-scratch scourer.
Been using the same baskets for well over a year now and still good as new although somewhat darker in shade, especially the tea ones.
Nothing gets through the stainless steel micromesh with loose leaf tea and cafetière grind coffee only teeny tiny particles. They're dead easy to use in the mug with the lid on top and afterwards underneath the basket as a drip tray, simplicity itself to tap out the detritus when cold and then a quick rinse under the tap. Occasionally a proper clean with hot water, detergent and non-scratch scourer.
Been using the same baskets for well over a year now and still good as new although somewhat darker in shade, especially the tea ones.




It's a DeLonghi and it makes absolutely beautiful coffee. Buy a bag of beans relatively reasonably and it goes a long way. A very worthwhile investment if you like your coffee. Better than paying €4 at Costa for an espresso topped up with a small bucket of hot water!!!! The 'pod' machines make no sense to me. Coffee comes from beans!