Unique Design
Chemex is considered one of the best modern creations by designers.
Patented in New York in 1941 by the German chemist Peter Schlumbohm, this extraction method is fully made by glass (a non porous material which doesn't absorb scents) and it shows a wooden handle consisting in rings linked by a leather band to avoid burns.The lower shape remembers a cruet allowing coffee to receive oxygen like wine in a decanter.
Medium - fine (sugar's texture)
30 - 50 g
198 - 205 °F
3 - 4 min
Cappuccino cup or Mug 160 - 180 ml
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Place the paper filter on the top section of the brewer.
3
Heat the water between 198 - 205 °F
4
Rinse the filter with hot water, this preheats the brewer, gets rid of any paper flavor from the filter and makes the filter stick to its holder.
5
Throw away the percolated water (see step 4).
6
Finely grind your coffee beans (sugar texture is fine).
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Pour ground coffee inside the paper filter.
8
Slowly pour hot water over the coffee, wait and let it soak until the percolation starts.
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Start the second pour, making sure to reintegrate the coffee and water. Pour with a wiggling motion.
10
Slowly take the filter out of the brewer.
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Stir the coffee with circular motion and fill your cup.
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Serve the coffee, better in a cappuccino's cup or a mug.