Chemex Coffeemaker

Chemex bientôt à la galerie Salon: Yes ! ??? C'est beau, inhabituel, utile, nostalgique et moderne, intemporel...
Intelligentsia Chemex Brewing Guide from Intelligentsia Coffee on Vimeo.
The inventor of the beautiful Chemex brewer, Peter Schlumbohm, once said, "With the Chemex, even a moron can make good coffee.” Now, Intelligentsia Coffee has produced a terrific video that will show morons how to make terrific coffee. 
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Chemex Coffeemaker

article repris de Jessica Hundley | 18 Nov 09 | Cooking, Entrepreneurs, Glass

Photo is Courtesy of The Hagley Museum and Library

Spawned from the unlikely mind of an expat German scientist – the Chemex coffeemaker is a brilliant melding of design and convenience, a thermal carafe drip-system consisting of lab grade borosilicate beaker glass and a filtration system using laboratory filter paper.Peter J. Schlumbohm, Ph.D, had moved to New York City in the mid-1930s and was desperately searching for a great cup of coffee amid the city’s stale automats and late night diners.

Peter Schlumbohm (Check Out his Cigarette Holder) / LIFE Magazine 1949

Finally – fed up, he decided to construct his own coffeemaker with the tools on hand, in his case – laboratory tools. The result, 50 years later, is still winning design awards (it’s also part of the MOMA permanent collection), and brewing an excellent cup of joe.I have had the pleasure of owning two Chemex – my first, the classic Chemex coffee maker – with the wood holding ring and leather cord – was one of my favorite breakfast fetishes, a hippie classic – and a combo of all the things I love – the clean lines of the beaker glass, the earthy wood, the worn leather cording… and the hot, delicious coffee on a foggy LA morn.

I dropped it and broke it, which is something I tend to do, so my next Chemex, although still beautiful, is of the glass handle/contemporary model, a better way to brew for a klutz like myself. Thank you Dr. Schlumbohm!

Chemex Patent 1947

FURTHER READING:
Article in TIME MAGAZINE from 1946, article in LIFE MAGAZINE from 1949, article in THE NEW YORKER from 1954.
The LIFE Magazine image found at Google Books.