Tag Archives: technique

The importance of being wrong

I feel it is about time I broached this subject.  With an eye to the last posts, as well as to the response to my Chemex videocast, I feel the need to make something very clear.
The internet is full of information, though it is also full of keyboard heroes, and has something of an issue [...]

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Videocast #3 – Chemex

Just a quick link to the third Square Mile videocast:

Videocast #3 – Chemex/Pourover from James Hoffmann on Vimeo.
For more information there are some notes on the Square Mile blog.
Comments and discussion always welcome.

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More on the French Press Technique

After the last post there was a bit of discussion about this method.
One big question was:  “Why break and then skim?  Why not just skim?”
This seemed like a pretty good question to me, so today I decided to do a few quick tests.
I took two identical presses, the same dose of coffee, the same brew [...]

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