Steve B wrote:
>
> Explain to me why one of these might be better than what I am using, which
> is a simple Melitta cone with a fine mesh wire basket plus one #4 paper
> filter, so I can just keep adding grounds, and get a couple of free cups by
> the time the metal one is full. Two scoops. Does a French press use less
> coffee?

Coffee contains the diterpenes cafestol and kahweol,
which raise LDL (bad cholesterol), but paper filters
absorb nearly all of these diterpenes.

Here's a link to an article in the British Medical Journal
on the subject:

http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/313/7069/1362

I believe the term "cafetiere coffee" means the same
thing as French press.