Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

If you're buying a Chemex on Amazon, you probably already know why you're buying it. But incase not, here's a bit of a compressed story of my journey through coffee brewing: Bought a Chemex at Crate and Barrel, hand grinder, wrong sized filters, bad coffee, boiling water, wrong sized grinds, bad coffee, figuring out grind size, better but still bitter coffee, graduating to plastic Procter Silex electric kettle over pan and spoon, better coffee, still not great but getting better. Travel home for Christmas, break Chemex, order new Chemex from Amazon, coffee quality improving now, two years later stop being cheap and buy Buonavita Power Kettle, Automatic Burr Grinder, Hario Scale, coffee quality intensifies. Lessons for you: brewing coffee is a journey, I learned a lot over the years through mistakes and trial and error before buying things that made the process much faster, easier, and more consistent. I would recommend if you're new to pour over brewing, get a scale and an electric (temperature controlled) kettle, it will help you understand what effects the taste of the coffee and how you can consistently make an awesome cup. TL;DR: If you're new to pour-over, don't judge the Chemex until you're doing everything right. When that happens, it'll be one of the best cups of coffee, all in a beautiful timeless glass carafe to impress your friends or morning after guests.