It’s even featured in the MoMA’s permanent collection. Although the device is designed for brewing hot filter coffee, the hourglass shape of the Chemex makes it a perfect vessel for steeping and decanting cold brew Can you cold brew in a Chemex? It’s even featured in the MoMA’s permanent collection. Although the device is designed … Read more
The Chemex is pour-over, which is a drip brew method. This means water drips over the coffee grounds into a vessel below where the grounds stay separate from the finished brew. Unlike the french press, the coffee and water for a pour-over only come in contact with one another for a very brief amount of … Read more
Where did the Chemex come from? The chemex coffeemaker is a manual pour-over style glass coffeemaker, invented by Peter Schlumbohm in 1941, manufactured by the Chemex Corporation in Chicopee, Massachusetts. When was the Chemex invented? Birth of the Chemex The brewer was invented in 1941 and inspired by “laboratory apparatus” as Perfect Daily Grind reports. … Read more