r/pourover Names Hario Most Often, Then Argues About Which Cafec Is Faster
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For three years r/pourover has answered the same question — which paper for a light-roast V60 — and the answers refuse to settle. Across 9 threads posted between July 2023 and this week, 140 readable comments name Hario's 02 filters more than any other paper, 37 comments to Cafec Abaca's 36. The disagreement is not about which brands exist. It is about what "fast" means: Cafec's own packaging sorts its papers by flow rate, and the sheet it labels for light roast is the slow one.
Quotes
Quotes“The difference is massive. Make the switch.”
“Slower Flow Rate for suggested light roast to improve aroma and clean-taste.”
“Yes, it is noticably faster. And more linear, I mean it slows in a steadier rate. The standard filters can really slow down toward the end of the bigger brews. The standard brews are a bit thinner and cleaner, the t90 provides a fuller cup. I use both depending on the coffee/grinder/dose”
“t90s are slower, Abaca give me faster cleaner cups”
“I don't feel like B3 are worth it as they are not super fast. The fast ones can be fun to experiment with but for daily I use the red abaca as they are a bit faster than the hario ones and not too expensive”
V60 papers, by name-checked comments
1 mention = 1 comment naming the paper, replies included; 8 r/pourover threads and 1 r/JamesHoffmann thread posted Jul 2023 – Nov 2026, 140 of 286 reported comments readable.
| Paper | Mentions |
|---|---|
| Hario V60 02 (white / unbleached) | 37 |
| Cafec Abaca | 36 |
| Cafec T-90 | 25 |
| Sibarist FAST / B3 | 19 |
| Cafec Abaca+ | 14 |
| Cafec T-92 | 4 |
Cafec's copy makes the label problem explicit: the light-roast filter (T-92, LC4) is described as the "slower flow rate" paper, the medium-roast one (T-90, MC4) as the "faster flow rate" paper. A thread recommending a light-roast paper and a thread recommending a fast paper may therefore be recommending opposite sheets.
Facts
FactsLight-roast paper, slower by design — Cafec describes its light-roast sheet (T-92 / LC4: 0.15 mm, high density, one-side crepe) as the "slower flow rate" filter and its medium-roast sheet (T-90 / MC4: 0.28 mm, low density, two-side crepe) as the "faster flow rate" one (
light roast,
One same-bean test: 6:00 against 3:35 — The most-cited test here timed one washed Rwandan light roast (12 g / 200 g, 96 °C, Comandante 25 clicks): T-92 at 6:00, Abaca+ at 5:00, Hario 02 and T-90 at 3:40–3:45, Abaca at 3:35; its author later called the method flawed and said he would redo it (
thread).
Voices
VoicesVerdict · Reddit · r/pourover — "The difference is massive" — The November 2026 thread on T-90 against standard Hario is the sample's most one-sided: its top comment, at 34 points, tells people to switch, a reply puts the gap at "about 45 seconds", and the T-90 cup is described as fuller where the Hario is thinner (
thread).Reaction · Reddit · r/pourover — T-90 splits against Abaca — One commenter notes "there are both comments saying T90s are slower and comments saying T90s are faster"; two others put T-90 behind Abaca, while a third groups "Abacas and TH3/T-90" together as "both good and very fast" (
comment, comment).Objection · Reddit · r/pourover — Sibarist, not a daily upgrade — The top reply in the Sibarist thread, at 22 points, calls B3 "not worth it as they are not super fast" and keeps red Abaca for daily brewing; the case made for Sibarist is rescue — a stash for bags that will not brew well on Abaca (
thread).Verdict · Reddit · r/pourover — Hario: baseline with batch complaints — Hario's reputation rests on price and ubiquity rather than speed: one commenter reports "3/4 of the bag went ok" before the same filters began stalling "well over 4min", while another calls fast drawdown for light roast "totally a myth" and uses the tabbed Hario routinely (
comment, comment).
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