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Does anyone boil their cafe the old fashioned way?
I’ve used an ancient Chemex coffee carafe, which is essentially tempered glass in a figure eight with a wooden girdle at the center, held with a leather strap, and after placing a filter in the top portion, adding the...
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Best Coffee in LA
self-serve coffees – about a dozen different types - that have been brewed in small batches using Chemex brewers that I found to be quite good. I am not sure if the founder of the original Gourmet Coffee Warehouse is still...
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Drip or Percolator?
When automatic drip models came along, many people switched to them because they felt they made better coffee. I’ve always used drip, earlier Chemex, now a Black & Decker auto thermal (keeping coffee on a hot plate very...
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LA MILL
which were paired with the food: Masala Chai Mojito Chemex Solo Siphon (my favorite) TYPES: Kenya Auction lot El Salvador Organic Brazil Sumatra Aged / Peaberry Blend WE WERE VERY HAPPY AND LEFT AFTER TWO HOURS OF NON STOP FOOD AND DRINKS
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cheese cloth
I was thinking more along the lines of a cloth version of the Chemex folded paper filters, the old circular ones. I’d just measure the depth of my chinois and use that as the defining radius, and cut circles that size from...
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"Starbucks Barista Utopia" vacuum coffee machine?
others on this thread seem to have had, but I do have the unidimensional taste issues. I use two different systems, depending on what I want and how much time I have—an Italian stove-top espresso pot for everyday morning...
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Best Home Coffee Maker? For 4-6 cups and safe.
Check out the Chemex. Very classy and makes an excellent (if refined) cup of coffee. I personally favor brewing methods that let you stir or “bloom” the grounds after pouring the water into the filter. I’m not a...
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What is the best coffee maker under $200? And...
A $20 mokapot, French press, Aeropress, or a $5 ceramic filter holder with Chemex paper filters. Ceteris paribus, yes. Auto-drip machines and sub-$200 “espresso” machines make at their very best, a competing cup to a...
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ISO Green coffee beans
Though modifying the Baratza Virtuoso for espresso is supposed to be pretty easy, I just use mine for press and chemex... I would say if espresso is your primary brewing method, the Rocky would be more appropriate. I have used a...
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Coffee Maker Recommendations
junkie like me... consider getting a Chemex pot and/or a Bodum french press. Recently, though, I’ve been converted to the cult of the Bialetti Moka Express. No, it’s not espresso, but it’s a lot more satisfying...
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"Press" style drip, but not Espresso Coffee Makers
i bought a small chemex for my son in law who like you, wanted a single cup of coffee. its a 6 cup one which should make a mug and a half or so. i also checked out sweet maria’s very interesting porcelain device to put over...
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Old Theories, New Times
't say much at first, but in the morning, as I was pouring water from the old teakettle through the Chemex coffee filter, she said, "You know, I used to use all this stuff because I HAD to!" Her own kitchen was a modest monument...
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Intelligentsia Coffee - Can we discuss
Sorry you hated it. I love their lattes. I love their mochas. I love their cappuccinos. I love their Iced Angelenos. I love their Chemex coffee. I even love that I can get great Breadbar viennoiseries without having to get into...
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Yerba Mate
Shoulda thought of that – I’ve used my Chemex to make Thai tea, for which it worked very well, though I had the devil’s own time getting both the taste and the color scrubbed out! Yerba mate shouldn’t be...
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Home Coffee Roasting
We’ve been roasting for 3 or 4 years now. We’ve got a drum roaster from SweetMarias. I can roast a batch of beans and have them in the Chemex filter in the time it takes my husband to take a shower. When we were first...
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