Price: $29.90 as of 11/22/2009 05:44 EST
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Binding: Kitchen
Brand: Chemex
Feature: 40 oz. (Makes 8 five ounce cups)
Label: Chemex
Manufacturer: Chemex
Publisher: Chemex
Studio: Chemex
Features:- 40 oz. (Makes 8 five ounce cups)
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Product Description:
The Chemex Coffeemaker was invented over 60 years ago by German chemist and artist, Dr. Peter Schlumbohm. The simplicity of the Chemex coffeemaker's elegant hourglass shape has been honored for its design by many prestigious museums, including the Smithsonian, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Its functional capabilities are also world-renowned. The Chemex uses a thick paper filter that removes many of the impurities that electric makers allow to pass through, making the coffee much more pure and flavorful. It also brews directly into the serving container for simple decanting and cleaning. While pouring, the wood collar keeps your hands safe from the heated coffee inside. All of these features combine to make the Chemex Coffee Maker a true classic.
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I purchased this Chemex 8 Cup Coffee Maker after having bought a smaller, similar type glass filter coffee maker a few months previously. The design of the Chemex places the pouring spout at the top of the carafe, rather than at the mid-carafe level. This top placement results in less spilled coffee when pouring, since it is less confusing to the eye and brain and more intuitive. The 8 cup is more capacity than needed, since I brew for two persons. This may explain why the coffee tends to cool faster than desired, since the large surface area of the carafe allows for more heat loss during the brewing process. This is not a fault in the design, but rather an unintended consequence of my decision to purchase more capacity than necessary. I home roast my own beans and the coffee I get from this coffee maker is very good tasting and consistent. I use the Chemex square unbleached filters, which also seem to perform quite well. The only criticism of the Chemex that I have, is that the glass is not heat resistant, so I do not place the coffee maker on direct heat of any kind, nor do I wash the carafe in the dishwasher. I rinse the carafe with cold water and use the Chemex cleaning brush periodically to clean it thoroughly.
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Ordered this a few weeks ago and it's fantastic! Beautiful to look at when not in use and the brewing process is very simple. The filter really takes all the bitterness out and makes a really smooth cup of coffee. It's a bit hard to clean without a bottle-cleaner style spongewand but that's easy to find. I live in a small apartment in NYC and didn't have enough space for an electric coffee maker -- so this is perfect!
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Designed by a chemist and pretty enough to be a museum exhibit. I have used all the methods exclaimed by coffee snobs including the French Press and a vacuum pot. This beats them all. The fact is that the water has to be boiling hot when it hits the grounds, the grounds need to be emersed and the brew needs to be seperated without the silt and bitter elements of the grounds. I'm sorry, but all the white vinegar in the world will not help your auto drip machine from scaling up and givng out. The auto drip ofter doesn't cover the grounds evenly. You can get a cheap plastic cone made by another company, but a little looking around and you'll notice that these are littering many a rummage sale. They are hard to keep clean. It is worth your while to order the chemex paper on line. It's thicker and helps make a better brew.
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This is my third Chemex since, oh, the early 1980s. I've not found a way to make better coffee. Should this one break, I'll just have get another.
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At last I have found The Perfect Coffee Maker. It makes a flavorful brew, with all the rich body of french press without the silt, while preserving the complexity of a dark-roast. And the machine didn't cost me crazy amounts of money! This makes far better coffee than my krups/cuisinart machines ever did. And I'll never have to descale it or poke it, and if the electric goes out, I can still have my joe.
There is a learning curve with this. It's taken me a week to learn exactly how to produce the coffee I want. And it takes about ten minutes to make the coffee, between putting the water on and the bloom, then the final pour-through. So what? I had a grind-and-brew that took that long to disassemble, clean, fill and reassamble, prior to turning it on. My last machine seemed to take an extraordinary length of time to drip. If you're one of those people who stops off in the morning for coffee, buy this. You'll be able to enjoy your coffee in your pj's instead of running out of the house.
If you are a sipper, get a thermos for the coffee as it won't keep the coffee warm that long. Or heat it up by he cup in the microwave. Somehow it doesn't turn like normal drip coffee does when re-heated. And I'd get the little lid too, when you order it. The Amazon photos of this doen't do it justice either. It's far more attractive than it looks on-line. The wood-collar really is wood, and not some tacky pinkish plasticized wood. And yes, it measures 5oz "cups". So does every other coffee-maker on earth. The collar provides you with a convenient measuring guide, so it's not like you have to whip out a measuring cup to get it right. The chemex is completely low-tech. You don't get flashing lights and buttons or sleek euro-racecar styling. But perfect coffee? Chemex ftw.
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