CoyoteOldMan as it makes you happy, it doesn’t matter if you’re not raking the espresso zen garden for long enough to make a difference to shot quality 😆
I had aeropress filters lying around, as a fellow lefty I managed to cut one just about to an acceptable standard and will give it a rinse after I’m done so it’s ready to be reused next time. So I guess that’s £0 and under 10 seconds every time. 🙀
But as I said, totally get it’s not for everyone, I just find it slightly odd that people seem to draw the line at a paper filter which has more evidence of improving shot quality than half the espresso fads people get into.