Chemex 8-Cup vs Fellow Stagg EKG

If you want fresh clean oats you have to pay a premium price for them. If you're willing to put up with oats that have already been through the horse, well, they come cheaper."

Sad. I would have expected a more premium feel. I still recommend it but you're overpaying a bit.

I think rinsing the filter removes or at least minimizes the taste of the paper filter and it also warms the pot a little before you pour the larger portion of the just off the boil water into the pot. I've been using Mocha Java coffee which is medium blend and I drink it black so i might be making my coffee lighter than people who use cream and sugar. Presently I'm reheating my cups of coffee in the microwave, but I'm considering getting an insulated stainless steel carafe to store the coffee and keep it hot. A friend says microwaving the coffee makes it bitter, but I have to believe he's overheating the coffee because I don't get that from just warming it up, so I'm undecided about the carafe at present

Likes: Form factor - this is probably the best-looking electric how water kettle on the market. We had just finished a kitchen remodel when we got this, and I didn't want an ugly kettle sitting out on the counter. Simplicity - I don't want a water kettle that I need an app to control. It feels lazy for the manufacturers not to think through all the uses and build the functionality directly into the kettle

I had one of these years ago and forgot why I didn't like it. While it is very stylish and makes an initial nice cup of coffee it loses heat very quickly. And reheating on the stove is not the best.

The same can’t be said of the base though. The base is very light and flimsy and the switches on the back that set Celsius vs. Fahrenheit temp display, and hold vs sleep functions, are really, really cheap. The dial where you set the water temperature and turn the kettle on and off is also very cheap feeling too—and will probably be the first thing to break on this kettle

The coffee I used was medium fine ground Caribou Obsidian Dark Roast which is a current favorite. (I like strong coffee) I used 1/3 cup of coffee grounds and made about the capacity of the coffee maker I think. (I personally don't consider this to be 8 cups but then I drink my coffee out of a Wile E. Coyote coffee mug of which I got 3 mugs full out of this brewing) It takes a little bit of time to make the coffee

In addition to the temperature being too low, I noticed that it didn’t take long out of the kettle for the water to start cooling. I bought this to replace the variable temperature kettle that I own. Even before testing it recently, I could tell that my kettle wasn’t heating to the right temperature. I drink loose leaf tea and brewing tea at the right temperature matters quite a bit to me