Any advice on a Chemex? Went this route after the standard drip maker scaled over (even with regular descalings, and I have seen the city water chemical specs and no good options to fix them) and died in less than 2 years. I figure it is harder to scale over since the city water is horrible here, but willing to try most things.
How big? I have one of those single cup pour-over makes that's nice.
Chemex is a pour-over brewing method. It is useful to have an electric gooseneck kettle with temperature control, which is great for all kinds of hot drinks. They are fast heating, a gooseneck spout controls the pour accurately, and you can set the correct temperature for type of coffee bean or drink. I can vouch for Bonavita and Cuisinart, but there are many other options and at different prices.
I’m more of a French Press guy but the pour over devices are my second choice. You can really obsess over how you pour - I’m not that particular but go for it if you like. We had a barista spend literally five minutes pouring my wife’s coffee once. Your filter (metal versus paper) makes a big difference, but it is cheap to try both and see which you prefer. I use one bag of beans for everything, with the same beans pour over is smoother and a bit milder than French press, I use pour over when I want a milder cup. French press cleanup is 5x the work of pour over.
8 cup, normally I make coffee 20 fl oz in a go with 1 1/2 oz french roast whole beans when I was using a drip maker.
Thank you, right now it is placing a 4 qt measuring cup in the microwave and pouring from there.
That is my big thing - its for caffeine in the morning since the office coffee beans are only light roast and bringing beans in like that is silly.
Nope, but when I read/hear Mocca I think of the proper Moka Pot and all the fun those are to work with. Great cup of coffee, but making it on the way out the door for work doesn't align. One of the things I liked about the work trips to Europe was how easy it was to get espressos anywhere - although asking for a café solo somehow got me looks in Spain.
This looks like a dangerous road to go down, Schiit is bad enough with the Yggy, and picking at the PAMC catalog as well, but this seems like the shallow end becomes the deep end quickly.
Oh it does! It did cure me of my Nespresso tho!
See, I have a philosophical issue with pods of any sort (not sure if its wanting to avoid single use items, might rhyme with the sound a bird makes or rhyme with crazy with a different starting letter) so no risk there. I'll need to try his V60 technique tomorrow and see if that helps the Chemex as its a similar style - just need to be careful not following down this rabbit hole.
Wow, thats a steal! I purchased a Moccamaster after it was recommended to me by a second generation coffee roaster. I have been very happy with the appliance.
Just followup up on this ripping CDs with abcde. Crossposted
