So I broke my Chemex yesterday. The lid to the kettle wasn’t on just tight enough and it fell off onto the Chemex sending a nice big crack right down the entire side of it. Off to the recycling bin with that one. I’m actually surprised it lasted as long as it did with me being in the house. Just call me Mr. Butterfingers.

We’re now using a plunger pot in the mean time—which also has had it’s carafe replaced multiple times—and I’m experiencing a coffee routine upset. Chemex coffee was, to me, perfect. It didn’t have the little bit of sludge that french press coffee does and it got everything out of the beans for full flavor, unlike my drip pot. I’ve ordered a new Chemex but it’ll be a bit before it’s here and, well, did I mention a coffee routine upset? I’m so easily baffled concerning these things.