Putting Chemex On Stove

Looking to master the art of pourover coffee.

Putting chemex on stove.

You have to be careful though. Stay warmin order to keep your coffee warm you may place the chemex directly on either a glass stove top or gas flame both at low heat. I just use my heavy nonstick frying pan as a barrier between the stove and the chemex. Avoid creating 90 degree bends in the system.

If you have an electric coil stove top you must utilize the chemex stainless steel wire grid tkg in between the chemex and the coils to prevent breakage. Essential for heating your chemex water kettle coffeemaker and other glass cookware directly on electric stoves with exposed coils grid works as a heat diffuser on your stove top prevents fractures in glass suitable for use with all heat resistant glass perfect balance of form and function. You ll find lots of posts online about chemex brewing that talk about measuring your coffee into proper gram weights using a scale and pouring the water slowly with a timer to ensure an exact volume of water over the ground coffee in 4 minutes to extract the perfect cup of coffee. The residual heat in the pan keeps the coffee hot enough for my purposes 10 mins or so until my second cup and doesn t hurt the flavor too.

If you have an electric coil stove top you must utilize the chemex stainless steel wire grid tkg in between the chemex and the coils to prevent breakage. Be sure that there is a small amount of liquid in the carafe before placing it on a warm heating element. Putting your chemex on the stove to keep the coffee warm might seem like a good idea. The chimney for the wood stove should ideally go straight up and out of the house making as few bends or turns as possible.

Click here for a step by step how to from one of our bloggers. There are even some apps. The chemex glass top prevents evaporation while reheating or between servings keeping your coffee warm and flavorful from first sip to last. Just brew a big batch to keep you going all morning right.

When i first got my chemex i ll be honest.