Grassy told me Chemex still includes tips for reheating coffee, but the topic “just doesn’t come up much.” But plenty of coffee drinkers obviously don’t want to reheat their coffee because doing so changes its chemical makeup and makes it bitter. You can read more in our review of gear for making great pour-over coffee.Ĭhemex founder Peter Schlumbohm actually designed the Chemex so that coffee could be stored in the carafe and reheated. “There’s no bitterness or acidity, and it gets the pure flavor and nuances of the coffee.” I mean, obviously she feels that way-she owns the place!-but our experts agree: In our tests the Chemex produced balanced, nuanced coffee. “The magic of the Chemex is that it isn’t that difficult to use, but the process gives you proper filtration-not too fast, not too slow-to remove undesirable elements from the coffee,” Eliza Grassy, who co-owns Chemex with her brother, told me in an interview. It brews an excellent cup of coffee, and the pour-over process can feel intentional and meditative in a world of single-serving pods and to-go cups. What are my options, besides microwaving the room-temp coffee? My husband loves Chemex pour-over coffee, but the carafe doesn’t keep the coffee hot the way a traditional coffee maker does, and I refuse to drink it lukewarm. Email your biggest product-related problems to Wirecutter,
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