Q: How did the hipster burn his tongue? A: He drank his coffee before it was cool. Brendan brews Chemex coffee at home before he comes to work and drinks more coffee. Chemex is an old-school pour over coffee preparation that has seen resurgence of late. Look in the attic, chances are your parents or grandparents had one packed away. It is a simple borosilicate glass carafe designed to perfectly extract coffee. The funny thing about a Chemex is that there are no moving parts to replace and Brendan is the Parts Department Manager at Seattle Coffee Gear. Coincidence? I think not. Brendan’s day is spent surrounded by carefully labeled boxes of highly specialized replacement parts. He provides parts to our Service Department and to other service centers around the U.S. who repair consumer and commercial espresso machines and grinders. More often than not, due to a lack of routine maintenance and the sheer number of internal parts, semi-automatic and superautomatic espresso machines will require service. Contrast the high tech design of a superautomatic with the pure simplicity of a Chemex coffee maker. They both get the job done. Coffee is produced. However with a manual pour over preparation like […]