I was looking at my reliable little Hamilton Beach Brewmaster that has graced my kitchen counter for several years. On this particular day ... I saw only plastic, brown plastic. Unsure if the plastic was made of dangerous components, most of which begin with either P's or B's, I went online to do some reading.
Much to my chagrin, there was more than B's and P's to think about. Discussions about the unseen trails and tubes thru which the water travels to get heated and ultimately reach the fresh ground coffee to extract its goodness caught my attention. My mind suddenly filled with images of the unseen water pathways that are ... well, unseen. I suddenly yearned to buy the modern looking manual drip glass and wood coffee carafe (so practical and artsy it was obviously out of my price range) that I had seen on my friend's counter. Time to google USA made glass coffee presses, hopefully an affordable option to replace my apparently toxic Hamilton Beach electric drip coffeemaker.
The search results for 'glass, coffee, and USA' quite pleasantly brought up the lovely glass carafe I'd seen in my friend's kitchen. Much more pleasant was the affordable price. Chemex, the name of the exquisite glass coffeemaker I had assumed was out of my price range.
So desperate was I to taste a pure clean mug of black coffee ... I did the unthinkable ... I went to a shopping mall ! Crossgates .... hell on earth for we ' mall haters.' As if that were not bad enough - I went to the preppy DINK (double income - no kids) store, William Sonoma ... and was assisted by a couple of delightful sales clerks ... and smiled all the way out of the mall, my new Chemex in hand.
Unbleached folded square coffee filters, coarse ground organic Fair Trade coffee, purified boiled water, and my USA made glass Chemex. Home-brewed coffee never tasted so divine !
For $36, I'd even consider buying a spare.
