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I like a good cup of coffee but don't want a lot of fuss and clean-up. I pour the water from the pot to a measuring cup and pour from the cup into the grinds.
I use the same amount of water. I experimented with how much coffee to grind (my grinder has a selector for how much each time).
I saw the Chemex in a design supplement of the Sunday NY Times. It takes just a minute to pour the water onto the grinds and wait for it to flow into the pot.
Perfect delicious coffee each time in just a few minutes and not clean up. It looks good and has been around since the 1940s.
I grind my beans and get the pot ready to brew while the water boils.
Melitta and Hugo Bentz patented the paper coffee filter in 1908, perhaps before Dr. Melitta produces the same wonderful coffee. Schlumbohm was even born. This is a lovely coffee maker, but too expensive for some of us. Melitta plastic cones hold similar paper filters and cost about $2 to $5, depending where bought.
I have no complaints whatsoever. I received the chemex coffee maker in a very short amount of time. It was in perfect condition and very well packaged.
We love Chemex. My husband won't enjoy his morning coffee from any other maker.
A chemex brewer is a "back to basics" system of making coffee where you pour boiling hot water directly over the grounds. The only inconvenience is that you have to boil the water yourself in a kettle and you have to pour water into the chemex 2-3 times to make a full pot, so you can't just walk away while it's brewing.
Nevertheless, the taste of the coffee is so outstanding that I can't bear to go back to my Mr. Also, the chemex doesn't keep the coffee warm, so I find myself putting second and third cups into the microwave.
I could never figure out why the coffee I made at home didn't taste as good as the coffee I bought at Starbucks and other gourmet makers - even though I buy high quality beans and grind them myself. This is an inexpensive way to make great coffee at home.
Coffee machine. The answer, apparently, is that drip home brewers just don't brew at the right temperature.
You control the temperature and the special filters remove any bitterness from coffee.
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