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Edison Coffee Brew Guide: The Chemex

Despite its elusiveness, one thing is for certain: The Chemex is one of the most elegantly designed pieces of coffee equipment ever produced. With its large hourglass shape, the Chemex is an ideal brewer for those who wish to make multiple cups of a pour-over at once. Furthermore, the Chemex uses bonded filters 20% thicker than most. This yields a heavily-filtered coffee free from most fats, acids and bitters contained within.

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Brew GuidesMelanie McWhorter
Edison Coffee Brew Guide: the V60

Often imitated, rarely matched (we’re looking at you, Bodum), the Hario V60 is the gold standard for pour-over coffee. With unique cork-screwing ridges that provide airflow to expanding coffee grounds, and a single hole at the bottom of the cone-shaped brewer to enable your control of flow-rate, this brewer allows the coffee enthusiast a range of options for customizing the taste of their coffee. Despite all of its versatility, the V60 is nevertheless simple enough to learn. There are countless brewing techniques for the pour-over, but we’ll go through our preferred method and explain why we value it. With practice and a working grasp of extraction theory, you will be able to use the V60 to achieve your coffee’s fullest potential!

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Edison Coffee Brew Guide: Drip and Batch Brew

Drip coffee, or “batch brew”, is the term we use to describe coffee made in large quantities. You may be familiar with it as the coffee that you brew in the pot at home each morning! Though drip equipment can range from commercial-grade brewers to countertop coffee-pots, the principle of brewing is the same: Water is pumped out of a reservoir onto a bed of grounds. From there it is filtered through paper and drips into a large serving vessel.

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