Reddit reviews BUNN GOURMET504 Commercial Coffee Filters, 1.5 Gallon Brewer (Pack of 500)
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High-quality, heavyweight paperTaller, stronger sides to help avoid overflow of groundsPaper stock produced using an elemental chlorine-free (ECF) bleaching method.
I also make a gallon at a time but I strain it using a large coffee filter in the basket of my salad spinner. I can fit the whole gallon at once. Strain for 4 - 8 hours and then put in a container. I don't freeze any starter. I just make sure I make more before my existing batch runs out. We are saving $300 a year.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004NEWA3Y
As several have already said: don't use cheesecloth to cover your vessel!
I use coffee filters on top of all my vessels... I've even bought some REALLY large ones -- 23" for my 5 gallon crock, and they work GREAT!
But for your size vessel, these work well: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004NEWA3Y/ I use these on all my 1-gallon vessels and SCOBY hotel, as well as on my 2.5 gallon vessel. Your jar is ~8.5 inches in diameter and these are 13.75 inches, so it gives you lots of overhang to make putting on an elastic band easier.
Here are the large ones on my 5 gallon crock, and the ones I recommended for you above on my Anchor Hocking 2.5 gallon jar: http://imgur.com/gMLnFei
Don't worry, even if you stop brewing, they'll never go to waste -- they make GREAT disposable towels for cleaning glass, especially on your car! It's like a disposable version of a microfiber cloth.
I keep a stack of them in my van with a bottle of Invisible Glass, for when I want to clean my windows on the road, and m'lady grabs them all the time to do the windows in the house.
And as far as holding them on... I got over using rubber bands REALLY quick. They were a pain. I grabbed a jar of these (https://www.harborfreight.com/set-of-20-10-inch-mini-stretch-cords-93672.html) locally at Harbor Freight for $7 and had more than enough for holding filters on many vessels.
I like them so much I get a second jar, and I use them to hold on all my heat maps and temperature probes on to, and don't have to use tape and clean up residue later. You can see them being used this way in the above linked photo.
Good luck!
There are jumbo coffee filters on Amazon that I use for cold brew coffee
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004NEWA3Y/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_I66bzbE737S0H
Take coffee beans, wrap it up in these, and put in the water.