Chemex Coffeemaker

Chemex Coffeemaker

The Chemex Coffeemaker (pronounced \Chem-ex\) is a coffee-making device. It was introduced and continues to be manufactured by the Chemex Corporation. Pittsfield, Mass. It was invented in 1941 by Peter Schlumbohm.

The device consists of an hourglass-shaped glass flask resembling an Erlenmeyer flask with a conical rather than cylindrical neck. It uses proprietary filters, which the company also manufactures and distributes, that are thicker than a standard drip coffee filter. Coffee is made by placing the filter and grounds in the neck of the flask, boiling water in a separate vessel, "blooming" the grounds by adding a small amount of water to moisten them, and finally pouring the desired quantity boiling water over the grounds.

The New York Times in its obituary of Schlumbohm called the device "one of 100 best modern devices."[1][2][3],

In Ian Fleming's From Russia, with Love we learn that James Bond uses an American Chemex with coffee from De Bry's in New Oxford Street for his breakfast coffee when stationed in London.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Dr. Peter Schlumbohm Dead; Inventor of Coffee Maker, 66; His Chemex Called One of 100 Best Modern Devices-- 300 Items Patented Tolled Amid Gadgets" The New York Times  ; November 07, 1962abstract.html?res=F00B17FC3454157B93C5A9178AD95F468685F9
  2. ^ "Chemex Coffee Makers" LA Times, Jan 8, 1989.
  3. ^ New York Times Nov 7, 1959
  4. ^ Fleming, Ian (1957). From Russia, with Love. London: Jonathan Cape. 

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