but I think if my pot broke tomorrow, I might favor this design.

The design is also wonderful and makes for a beautiful piece even when not in use.

Works well, coffee taste great, and the design really looks good

The design and manufacture of these Chemex 10 cup carafes is substandard and of inferior quality.

The Chemex is in museums as an example of beautiful design

I would replace it at half the cost, but for the asking price, this product is far too expensive given it’s propensity to break if you blink at it wrong.

If you like good coffee, and will invest the time and money to learn how to properly brew with the chemex, then this is a great product!

Great product and a great way to enjoy your favorite coffee bean

Great product, just don't knock them off your countertop!

n’t love our that it breaks easily and dishwasher sediment sticks to the inside.

I laugh often because people will comment on my fancy coffee-maker (yes, I went for the wood collar), when it is actually about as primitive as it gets.

It's my second because I learned the hard way you have to be careful, especially around a hard sink

I have tried many ways to make coffee at home and this is by far the best way for me

Speaking of beans, I've learned the hard way that the Chemex really shows the difference between beans roasted a few months ago and beans roasted a few days ago

Together with the Chemex filters this is the best way to make coffee!

Before you unload good money on another bad coffee maker give this one a try.

, it's a great coffee maker when you want a special cup of coffee.

the wetted Chemex Filter.◦Gently shake the Chemex Coffee Maker to even

The Chemex is a work of art, but it can be a finicky coffee maker.

But all in all it's a great coffee maker and I'm glad I got it

I wanted to see what the big deal was with making coffee in this weird little pot

The coffee tastes no better or worse than from my cheap drip pot.

That’s it, the Chemex is a great coffee pot that brews a tremendously good cup of Joe

I most certainly would not recommend this coffee pot unless your countertops and cooking surfaces are all made of pillows

Just made my first pot and this coffee maker is amazing.

I could taste the coffee without the bitter taste or so much cream and sugar

This Chemex coffee maker makes great, smooth tasting coffee.

Love Chemex coffee, superior to French press - clean taste, no sediment.

It cuts out the bitter taste and leaves you with a great cup of coffee

This make coffee smooth with out any bitter taste or residual that I get with some press methods

It does take some time to brew manually with the Chemex but the way the brewer is designed gets maximum flavor, no bitterness from coffee

Much more intense flavor and caffeine kick than drip maker, OR my aeropress

I don't like strong coffee and am finding that no matter how few grinds, the coffee is stronger and a completely different flavor that what I'm used to.

incidentally, I always grind decaf and regular together (Organic), so I can get the strong flavor without so much caffeine.

Great flavor and a cleaner cup of coffee than French Press.

Pretty durable too - one of our cats knocked the thing of the counter and the handle came off but the rest is still intact and I'm still brewing coffee with it!

There are other reviews that speak to the good things of this coffee maker much more eloquent than I can be

I love this thing and am excited every morning to make my coffee using my Chemex

The thing tipped over and broke before I could even make my first cup

A huge chunk just explodes off the thing... and I was so excited for my new hipster coffee this morning...

Excellent quality and most importantly, I'm making coffee my way

The inferior quality "glass" utilized in the manufacturing of these carafes can not and does not tolerate the repeated hot water contact during the daily process of brewing coffee

Back to the review, if you grind the coffee slightly course and use a pour over kettle you can get a quality, excellent tasting cup of coffee in less than 10 minutes from a standing start

Firstly, you have to start with good quality water and beans, once you've got that, this coffee maker will not disappoint

The quality of the glass is disappointing and should have been better.

With these things and some good coffee the Chemex can do magic

The Chemex has single-handedly ruined all other ways of brewing coffee for me

I had the other Chemex with the wood and leather wrap, but accidentally broke it.

This was a replacement for our other Chemex coffee maker that we love, but had a crack in it

I prefer my Chemex over any automatic drip coffee maker

It takes a little longer to make than other coffee makers (simply because you boil the water and slowly pour over coffee grounds) but it's well worth it

no problem getting someone to pour the hot water over the coffee grounds.

It takes a little more time to boil water and wet the grounds but the results are the rewards

Always boil a little more water than you actually need.

Simply stick the filter inside and pour hot water and great tasting coffee

And, even when we have leftover coffee and save it in the fridge for another day it is still great: no stale, bitter aftertaste at all.

Since I make 10 cups, these last for 4-5 days, and the coffee is as "fresh" as when it was originally made.

The coffee is just the way I like it, strong with no bitter aftertaste.

n’t love our that it breaks easily and dishwasher sediment sticks to the inside.

The handle could be just a little bit bigger, as it's sometimes a little hard to grab a hold of, but besides that it's great

The last one I had broke :-( Makes GREAT coffee though and unlike automatic coffee makers you don't have to worry about gross plastic from China.

Beautiful, functional and no heated plastic leaching who knows what into my morning brew.

After discovering my coffee maker could be leeching potential harmful chemicals (hot water contacting plastic materials) into my daily cup of heaven, research led me to the pour over method.

There is absolutely no comparison to using the cheap plastic drip filters.

My favorite coffee maker: Makes the best tasting coffee, easy to clean--no weird/unreachable areas, no plastic, looks cool.

n’t love our that it breaks easily and dishwasher sediment sticks to the inside.

n’t love our that it breaks easily and dishwasher sediment sticks to the inside.

The filter papers, though pricy, work exactly as they should

My cat is a jerk and knocked it off the counter and it shattered into a bunch of pieces

The wooden collar protects you from the heated glass as you're pouring, which is a nice addition as well

n’t love our that it breaks easily and dishwasher sediment sticks to the inside.

, Chrome for years and it broke when I was cleaning it the other day (my fault, no the product's)

The handle could be just a little bit bigger, as it's sometimes a little hard to grab a hold of, but besides that it's great

loved it, but i knocked it over and it broke; my fault!

Since I make 10 cups, these last for 4-5 days, and the coffee is as "fresh" as when it was originally made.

n’t love our that it breaks easily and dishwasher sediment sticks to the inside.

I love that I can brew coffee in the morning and leave it on the stove top (low heat) and keep my brew warm all morning

Really like this, but wish it was just the slightest bit thicker for better heat retention.

The wooden collar protects you from the heated glass as you're pouring, which is a nice addition as well

Just what we wanted as we hated heating up plastic drip coffee makers and then throwing them into the landfill when they died or the glass container broke.

Since I make 10 cups, these last for 4-5 days, and the coffee is as "fresh" as when it was originally made.

this thing took my reasonably fresh roasted (about 2 weeks "old") beautiful dark roast coffee and turned it into tea

If you don't have one, I would say pick one up with a box a square white filters, a quality grinder, and some fresh roasted coffee.

Recently, I tried a fancy roast in a french press and it was nothing compared to the coffee my Chemex puts out

At home I have been brewing Ruta Maya Coffee Dark Roast, which I believe is roasted locally here in Austin, Texas

The wooden collar protects you from the heated glass as you're pouring, which is a nice addition as well

The filter papers, though pricy, work exactly as they should

Extremely disappointed as now I'm back to the drawing board as to what new coffeemaker to get.

The handle could be just a little bit bigger, as it's sometimes a little hard to grab a hold of, but besides that it's great

Since I make 10 cups, these last for 4-5 days, and the coffee is as "fresh" as when it was originally made.

a canister to store all the lovely coffee beans in (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001V9VDP0/ref=cm_cr_ryp_prd_ttl_sol_30)4

I still grind my gourmet coffee beans immediately before use anyway.

Firstly, you have to start with good quality water and beans, once you've got that, this coffee maker will not disappoint

Initially I bought good beans at the store and ground them there and turned out terrific coffee.

I buy whole bean coffee and grind my own beans (my next investment will be a burr grinder).

I've played around with grind size and weight a bit to "fine tune" the taste, but I've been very happy with a medium grind setting (right in the middle of my grinder's finest and coursest settings) and 42g of coffee for 700g of water (just under the suggested 17:1 water to coffee ratio that many coffee snobs prefer).The coffee out of this chemex brewer is so much better than the automatics I've tried, anything I've had out of my Keurig, of anything I've had in any coffee shop (except those that manually make pour over brews).

Start by pouring 2x the coffee weight to "bloom" your grounds (50g in this example and try to get ALL the grounds wet) and pause for about 30-45 secs

As you just wake up its a soothing process to perfectly measure coffee grinds, boil water, and SLOOOOWWLY pour over water to brew

Makes an excellent wedding gift, too.

I highly recommend getting a scale to weigh your coffee grinds and your water.

I am a complete coffee snob and this is THE BEST COFFEE you will ever drink.

But if you are a bonafide coffee snob, this painful process is what makes the coffee WORTH IT

However, you need not be an aficionado or coffee snob to own and enjoy a Chemex pour over

I have become such a coffee snob since I make my pour over every morning now.

I'm not a coffee snob, but I love a great cup of coffee

The filters are very sturdy, and seem to allow most of the interesting aromatics and flavors into the cup, while blocking many of the bitter oils that make it through in your typical drip coffee machine

The unique filters also get rid of the harmful oils and chemicals from coffee left by press coffee makers that can raise bad cholesterol.

The Chemex coffee filter was thick and filtered out all the fats, oils, sediment (you could see them clinging to the sides of the filter) and you could see the coffee clean and dark sitting in the carafe section without the harmful-to-your-health stuff swirling inside.

The paper filters do wonders for pulling bitter oils out of the coffee, and once it's been brewed the carafe is a welcome addition to any table.

I recommend the Chemex Natural Filters to filter out impurities and unhealthy oils, acidity, bitterness, fats and sediments.