I caught this post back when you wrote it, and the whole Chemex thing stuck in my head for a while. After having hand-drip coffee from a buddy (what a similar concept), I decided to splurge on the Chemex.Enjoy! The better the coffee, the better the brew -- and good water helps, too. (Indy city water is pretty variable).
Well, as luck would have it, before I got a chance to order one, The Wifey spotted the 40oz. version in World Market here in San Antonio. They even stock the special filters.
Huzzah! Getting some coffee from a local shop this afternoon. I'll let you know how it turns out!
The further and continuing adventures of the girl who sat in the back of your homeroom, reading and daydreaming.
Friday, July 01, 2011
New Chemex User:
From SpeakerTweaker, commenting on "Real Coffee, A Dollar A Day:"
Didn't catch this post earlier (sorry!), but I can tell you, without a doubt, that the coffee I made in the 40 oz. Chemex was the best-tasting cup of coffee I have ever tasted.
ReplyDeleteVery, very good stuff. Thanks for the head's up! Also, store-bought brown cone filters are a bad idea.
tweaker
Thank for the report! Just as I'vebeen saying, it's a cut above. The glass pot doesn't hold old flavor like plastic does.
ReplyDelete--Use Chemex-brand filters, most of the others won't hold up in the open-bottomed cone of a Chemex. They make 'em in white and unbleached (which is what I prefer).
When The Wifey bought me the Chemex (what a woman!), she also picked up a 100-pack of the unbleached folded-square Chemex filters. Better make sure I don't run out of those!
ReplyDeleteTime to make another batch. :)
tweaker
After reading this last month, I mulled it over for a couple of weeks and capitulated. Good move.
ReplyDeleteI'd had the impression this was something new, but just after ordering one, I was watching a lousy movie on the SyFy network and, low and behold, there was a Chemex filled with coffee. The movie was filmed in 1979.
Chemex makers are way older than that -- I used a similar maker 20+ years ago and switched to Chemex after one was mentioned in a Theodore Sturgeon story -- from the 1950s.
ReplyDeleteActual invention was in 1941!