Yes, I'm looking a bit reckless (read stupid), but it has highlighted a problem; the KF4 doesn't fit all nominal '12 cup' coffee makers

Im still no closer to a quick and easy method for making a litre of gourmet coffee for a thermos flask when the need arises

Happy to admit that storing coffee in a flask doesnt improve the taste, but a gourmet coffee in a thermos remains streets ahead of a coffee from a high street cafe

Get yourself a thermos flask for about GBP15 to take shooting, fishing, rambling, sailing, or indeed any outdoor activity in the winter.  It comes in handy if you are spending the day on the road too, as motorway service cafes have some way to go on the gourmet coffee front

Given that in both cases the KF4 filter 'almost' fits, it is impossible to 'tell at a glance' whether it will fit without actually opening the box and attempting to insert the KF4 Swissgold

If you have a coffee maker that you are using with a KF4 Swissgold that correctly fits, please drop us a line and we will start a register in this blog to record which coffee makers to buy.

Initially I was so hacked off I considered dropping the KF4 as this kind of hassle is completely at odds with the philosophy we run on.  The trouble is it is such a good product that i think its worth trying to compile a register so you can gain some assurance that the KF4 Swissgold will fit your machine, or if you are going out to buy one, that you get the right model.

I will make a trip to the shops tomorrow with a KF4 Swissgold in my hand and start opening boxes until I find a machine that it fits, or more likely, get thrown out of the shop.

Messages sent to the UK distributor and the manufacturer.  Lets see what comes back next week.

More soon...