This week we’ll take a look at all the steps required to make astonishing coffee with a Chemex at home. The Chemex Coffeemaker is a manual, pour-over style glass-container coffeemaker that Peter Schlumbohm invented in 1941, and which continues to be manufactured by the Chemex Corporation in Chicopee, Massachusetts.
The little Secrets of chemex Brewing ( H4 )
The little Secrets of chemex Brewing ( H3 )
The little Secrets of chemex Brewing ( H2 )
Here’s three important tips newbies forget about:
- Always buy dedicated chemex filters
- Use a scale
- Never skip preheating the glass
- Timing is key
For a design piece that became popular post-war at a time of Modernism and precision manufacture, this juxtaposition of natural wood and the organic nature of a hand-tied knot with the laboratory nature of glassware was a distinctive feature of its appearance.