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It's a bit hard to clean without a bottle-cleaner style spongewand but that's easy to find. The filter really takes all the bitterness out and makes a really smooth cup of coffee. I live in a small apartment in NYC and didn't have enough space for an electric coffee maker -- so this is perfect. 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.
It is worth your while to order the chemex paper on line. They are hard to keep clean. 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.
I have used all the methods exclaimed by coffee snobs including the French Press and a vacuum pot. I'm sorry, but all the white vinegar in the world will not help your auto drip machine from scaling up and givng out. Designed by a chemist and pretty enough to be a museum exhibit.
The auto drip ofter doesn't cover the grounds evenly. It's thicker and helps make a better brew. 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.
Should this one break, I'll just have get another. This is my third Chemex since, oh, the early 1980s. I've not found a way to make better coffee.
You don't get flashing lights and buttons or sleek euro-racecar styling. 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. 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 yes, it measures 5oz "cups". At last I have found The Perfect Coffee Maker. But perfect coffee. I had a grind-and-brew that took that long to disassemble, clean, fill and reassamble, prior to turning it on. If you are a sipper, get a thermos for the coffee as it won't keep the coffee warm that long. Somehow it doesn't turn like normal drip coffee does when re-heated.
So what. It makes a flavorful brew, with all the rich body of french press without the silt, while preserving the complexity of a dark-roast. The wood-collar really is wood, and not some tacky pinkish plasticized wood. The Amazon photos of this doen't do it justice either. And I'd get the little lid too, when you order it. Or heat it up by he cup in the microwave. The chemex is completely low-tech. Chemex ftw.
And the machine didn't cost me crazy amounts of money. My last machine seemed to take an extraordinary length of time to drip. So does every other coffee-maker on earth. This makes far better coffee than my krups/cuisinart machines ever did. It's far more attractive than it looks on-line. You'll be able to enjoy your coffee in your pj's instead of running out of the house. And it takes about ten minutes to make the coffee, between putting the water on and the bloom, then the final pour-through. If you're one of those people who stops off in the morning for coffee, buy this.
She hasn't tried it yet but has used someone else's and says it makes a great cup of coffee with cheap coffee grounds. This came really quick. My sister loves it.
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