Comments on: Conclusions on Chemex

By: Synnamin

Synnamin — Sat, 08 May 2010 03:17:02 +0000

ah, I misspoke… not a vacuum filter. But it is still a pretty carafe!

By: Synnamin

Synnamin — Sat, 08 May 2010 03:06:26 +0000

I have to go with the cold brew method. I use a Coffee Snob – oh, so pretty!!! It does take quite some time, and a lot of coffee grounds, but I love the flavor.

Too bad the vacuum method doesn’t work. That’s a very pretty carafe.

By: localgirl1964

localgirl1964 — Thu, 06 May 2010 18:54:31 +0000

Finding the perfect coffee maker is as elusive as finding the perfect handbag! I like my French Press but the Mr. Coffee seems to work well too – especially if someone else makes it for me (anything tastes better when someone else makes it).

By: chachaheels

chachaheels — Thu, 06 May 2010 08:14:53 +0000

I love my macchinette (we’ve always called them “moka” coffeemakers, in my family), I’ve a few in different sizes because sometimes you have to make more coffee. But I like a french press just a little more. Good water and good beans make everything better.

Coffee’s just so good, isn’t it?

By: Jennie

Jennie — Thu, 06 May 2010 03:24:55 +0000

You will only pry my French Press from my cold dead hands. I mix Sumantran and French Roast, grind it finely, and pour the boiling water over the freshly ground bean. As the flavor and oils are released, I can slowly breath in the aroma of a truly robust coffee and start to waken from whatever stupor I was in. I add a touch of chocolate and a bit of raw sugar or honey and start my day or finish a meal or just contemplate the miracle of coffee…..Sorry, I am having a moment…

By: Rhonda

Rhonda — Wed, 05 May 2010 21:42:00 +0000

We have a Keurig coffee machine and we love it.

My grandmother had a vacuum coffee maker but never used it–my mother has it and displays it in its virgin condition.

By: Phyllis

Phyllis — Wed, 05 May 2010 20:18:28 +0000

I think the quality of the water is huge factor. I noticed it the first time I used water from our Britta instead of tap water to make coffee.

By: Bronwyn

Bronwyn — Wed, 05 May 2010 20:11:45 +0000

Go get yourself an espresso machine. Far superior. Plus, if you ever have the problem of coffee irritating the bladder (not uncommon) the espresso coffee seems to extract fewer of the irritant molecules from the coffee bean.

By: Mr. Henry

Mr. Henry — Wed, 05 May 2010 19:30:06 +0000

And to you, inspired raincoaster, Mr. Henry must confess that despite his breadth of experience, he never tried making coffee in Nero Wolfe’s glass vacuum. For him the future still holds many adventures.

By: Mr. Henry

Mr. Henry — Wed, 05 May 2010 19:26:34 +0000

Yes, TeleriB, there is a taste issue between glass and metal. Although the stovetop macchineta makes reasonably good coffee, inevitably the heat overcooks the brew leaving a slightly burned taste exacerbated by the metallic aroma.

And as for “just now reviewing decades-old methods of making coffee,” first, greg, Mr. Henry has been in the food blog dodge for only four years. Second, since a beverage made from the roasted, pulverized coffee bean was first drunk in Yemen a thousand years ago, there have been many different ways to render it. Why do you think an older method might be inferior?