You cant convert your other half?

I love my small Chemex. It's so easy to use, looks great and makes an incredible clean cup.

I've also become very fond of the Clever Dripper recently thanks to kofra making me some amazing brews in it. It requires a bit more technique though.

 

What are you using to grind the coffee or will you be taking pre ground from home to work ?

 

Plus. You know what im going to say

no phaff

doubles as a teapot

blah blah blah ......

 

What are you using to grind the coffee or will you be taking pre ground from home to work ?

Grinding at work, I've got a Baratza Maestro plus. I'm sure the boss will actually kill me one day.

 

Get a Syphon and brew it on your desk like a Victorian lad.

Might as well go the whole hog and get a copper V60 and Buono Kettle as well...

 

Get a Syphon and brew it on your desk like a Victorian lad.

Might as well go the whole hog and get a copper V60 and Buono Kettle as well...

Get the halogen burner with it too........

 

Chemex - wonderfully rewarding.

 

Faff - chemex

No faff - the magic teapot

 

Faff - chemex

No faff - the magic teapot

 

Are you sure it's a teapot for brewing coffee and not magic mushrooms?[emoji2]

 

Are you sure it's a teapot for brewing coffee and not magic mushrooms?[emoji2]

You should eat them raw really, psilocybin can be killed off by the heat

Maybe a cold brew? not sure what a good refraction would be

 

Are you sure it's a teapot for brewing coffee and not magic mushrooms?[emoji2]

Back in the day I used to brew those in a big saucepan

Teapot were too small

 

You should eat them raw really, psilocybin can be killed off by the heat

Maybe a cold brew? not sure what a good refraction would be

I thought brewing took out some of the bad chemicals from them, not the good ones.

I'd like to add this information came from a drugs awareness leaflet from Huddersfield Uni in 1990 so could be completely wrong.

 

Back in the day I used to brew those in a big saucepan

Teapot were too small

It's that time of year....would go foraging if there wasn't such a high risk of death

 

I thought brewing took out some of the bad chemicals from them, not the good ones.

According to wikipedia as long as it isn't boiling it's OK?

 

nice gentle simmer, then strain through a sock... So i am told.

Back to the OP question, i would go expensive, its more than likely the best time of the year to spend big on something, rest of the year wifey say no!

 

Thanks for the advice. So far votes for the Chemex, Sowden and a sock.

I'm guessing the Chemex would need a pouring kettle?

What's easier to use?

 

Thanks for the advice. So far votes for the Chemex, Sowden and a sock.

I'm guessing the Chemex would need a pouring kettle?

What's easier to use?

Yes and decent scales to sit it on and go to 1kg plus

The pouring kettle might also be good for mushrooms

 

Looks like me and you will be opening the same things xmas day, have asked for a chemex, pouring kettle and set of Hario scales.

 

How does a Chemex compare in taste to a Sowden? Or are the 2 completely different beasts?

 

Looks like me and you will be opening the same things xmas day, have asked for a chemex, pouring kettle and set of Hario scales.

Get some filters for that or it will I'll be a sad xmas face

 

I will no doubt get plenty of socks, problem solved.

 

what about the shrooms?

 

Grinding at work, I've got a Baratza Maestro plus. I'm sure the boss will actually kill me one day.

The 'second in command' (I use that term ever so loosely) at my place has a +10 year old Gaggia MDF which has never had the burrs cleaned and grinds about 8 shots a day - it's so insanely loud, like 100dB!

His two scoops of beans takes about a minute to decimate which makes the kitchen sound like a diamond core drill is boring hole through the f**king wall,

this is then followed by 20 THWACKS dumping the load into the hardest worn filter basket I've ever seen.

Finally the espresso is brewed on a folorn and stained Classic that's never had a de-scale or back-flush in its entire lifetime.

Sometimes we can make conversation if we shout loud enough.

 

what about the shrooms?

Shrooms dont need socks, they have no feet!