Chemex Glass Coffee Brewers 

The Handblown Chemex Series of coffee brewers is the original Chemex series that Chemex started with in the 1940s! All of the Chemex Handblown series brewers are produced by hand in Germany, the clarity of the glass and fine workmanship is unequalled. Although a little more costly than the Chemex Classic Series of brewers, the handblown units tend to be a bit thicker and a bit more durable. These units are designed for those who appreciate the quality of old world glass blowers. Handblown Chemex models come in 16, 30, 40 & 65 oz. sizes. If you are looking for a coffee brewing method where your brew comes in contact with little more than glass, Chemex Coffee Makers are what we recommend! No plastics, no metals, just glass, and the paper filters made from natural fibers. Coffee brewing doesnt get much purer than this! Chemex has been making their infamous brewers since 1941, and have won multiple awards for best design. Their brewers has even earned their way into multiple museums including The Museum of Modern Art, The Smithsonian, The Philadelphia Museum, and The Corning Glass Museum! The high quality, non-porous, heat resistent glass used in all Chemex Coffeemakers is as inert as materials get, as it absorbs no odors or residues, ensuring a clean cup. Their simple yet elegant design is what has led to their success, even in todays modern world! All Chemex Handblown brewers take the same sized filter EXCEPT the 16 oz. model which uses the 13 inch Half Moon Chemex filters. Includes a polished wood collar with leather tie which should be removed before attempting to submerse or clean the unit.

The Chemex Classic Series units are functionally identical to the original Chemex Handblown series, but a bit more economical. Classic Chemex models come in 16, 30, 40 & 50 oz. sizes. If you are looking for a coffee brewing method where your brew comes in contact with little more than glass, Chemex Coffee Makers are what we recommend! No plastics, no metals, just glass, and the paper filters made from natural fibers. Coffee brewing doesnt get much purer than this! Chemex has been making their infamous brewers since 1941, and have won multiple awards for best design. Their brewers has even earned their way into multiple museums including The Museum of Modern Art, The Smithsonian, The Philadelphia Museum, and The Corning Glass Museum! The high quality, non-porous, heat resistent glass used in all Chemex Coffeemakers is as inert as materials get, as it absorbs no odors or residues, ensuring a clean cup. Their simple yet elegant design is what has led to their success, even in todays modern world! All Chemex Classic brewers take the same sized filter EXCEPT the 16 oz. model which uses the 13 inch Half Moon Chemex filters. Includes a polished wood collar with leather tie which should be removed before attempting to submerse or clean the unit!

The Glass Handle Chemex Brewers are the newest line of Chemex models, incorporating a functional glass handle that does not get hot! The Glass handle series Chemex coffee makers have the same hourglass design as the original Chemex units, as well as the same functionality. Chemex Glass Handle models come in 16, 30, 40 & 50 oz. sizes. If you are looking for a coffee brewing method where your brew comes in contact with little more than glass, Chemex Coffee Makers are what we recommend! No plastics, no metals, just glass, and the paper filters made from natural fibers. Coffee brewing doesnt get much purer than this! Chemex has been making their infamous brewers since 1941, and have won multiple awards for best design. Their brewers has even earned their way into multiple museums including The Museum of Modern Art, The Smithsonian, The Philadelphia Museum, and The Corning Glass Museum! The high quality, non-porous, heat resistent glass used in all Chemex Coffeemakers is as inert as materials get, as it absorbs no odors or residues, ensuring a clean cup. Their simple yet elegant design is what has led to their success, even in todays modern world!

Chemex Bonded filters are specifically designed and manufactured to work best in their Chemex lines of brewers. The Chemex filters are a bit heavier construction that standard paper filters, and hold up well where others tend to fall apart and break! We recommend the Chemex square filters as opposed to the round filters, as they are a bit easier to grasp and work with. The Chemex filters are folded into a cone shape and easily fit down into the Chemex units.

The Chemex® coffeemaker was invented by Peter J. Schlumbohm, Ph.D., in 1941. Schlumbohm was born in Kiel, Germany in 1896. He received his doctorate in Chemistry from the University of Berlin. After several trips to the United States, he settled in New York City in 1936. Over the years, he invented over 3,000 items for which he was granted patents. However, his coffeemaker and carafe kettles were his most long enduring inventions. Being a doctor of Chemistry, he was very familiar with laboratory apparatus and the methods of filtration and extraction. He applied this knowledge when designing his coffeemaker. He examined his laboratory glass funnel and his Erlenmeyer flask and made modifications to each. He modified the laboratory funnel by adding an air channel and a pouring spout. He added the air channel so the air displaced by the liquid dripping into the vessel could easily escape past the laboratory filter paper, which was to be used in the funnel as the filter media. To the well of the Erlenmeyer flask he added a protrusion, which looks like a bubble. Consumers have often called it a belly button. This is a measuring mark, which indicates one half the volume that is below the bottom edge of the handle. He then combined the modified glass funnel with the modified Erlenmeyer flask to create a one-piece drip coffee maker to be made of heat proof, laboratory grade, borosilicate glass. Last, he added a wood handle and called the item a Chemex®, which was a fabricated name. All that was needed then to brew the coffee was the coffee, hot water, and filter paper. Schlumbohm designed the water kettle, or carafe kettle, three years later. His goal was to create an attractive yet simple and fabulous vessel. Again he chose heatproof borosilicate glass as the material. He designed a boiling kettle which has no lid, but which is nevertheless almost completely enclosed. The steam stopper prevents the steam from coming into contact with the upper portion of the neck. Thus, this portion remains cool and is used as the handle. Over the years, these items have been recognized as outstanding examples of American Design. In 1956, the coffeemaker was selected by the Illinois Institute of Technology as one of the best-designed items of modern times and it was the only coffeemaker so designated. The coffeemaker and the water kettle are in the permanent collections of museums such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Smithsonian, the Philadelphia Museum and the Corning Museum located in Corning, NY. The coffeemaker completed a traveling exhibition tour of a number of countries in eastern Europe as part of the United States Information Agencys Design in America Exhibition. In the fall of 1989, it toured with the Design, USA exhibition to the former USSR.