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Why do we wet paper filters?
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~~Don't use paper filters, but I'd assume to avoid channeling in the coffee grounds. Water will always go through the path of least resistance, maybe by having the entire filter wet you lessens the chances of overextracing some parts of the grounds and underextracting others.~~
I did read that some people do it to remove paper taste, but that seems a little weird. Edit: i was wrong.
Could you expand a bit on your first statement?
Looks like I was wrong, so, yeah. The user who corrected me also wrote about channeling and the like.