Dr. Schlumbohm’s Chemex Brewer

“The CHEMEX^® coffeemaker was invented in 1941 by Dr. Peter Schlumbohm, a German chemist who immigrated to New York in 1936.

Chemex coffee maker design scketches

Chemex Coffeemaker five cups is hand blown

Schlumbohm and a few of his inventions, as shown in LIFE magazine in 1949

chemex carafe with CoffeeSock Cloth Filter for Chemex 6, 8, and 10 Cup

When designing the CHEMEX^®, Schlumbohm desired to not only make brewing the perfect cup simple, but also to have the vessel be a thing of beauty. Being a chemist, he studied and understood clearly the chemistry behind the extraction of flavor and caffeine from coffee beans.” (images via/read more chemexcoffeemaker.com) The Chemex Coffee Brewer is still available. (Image with CoffeeSock filter via prima-coffee.com)  Continue reading →