You love your French press; we get it. But when it's time to upgrade, you'll want a Chemex. Specialty coffee shops love Chemex for a reason: The slow drip through a thick filter results in a light, clean extraction with almost no sediment. It's also beautiful, a design piece made for your countertop—plus it'll brew for three or four people at a time, should you need it to.
Though it's relatively simple lo-fi gear, Chemex brews are a little higher maintenance, requiring oversight and attention. The process only takes four minutes, but you'll want to know how to do it right. Which is why we've enlisted the help of the coffee whizzes at Stumptown Coffee in Portland, Oregon, to show us the art of brewing with a Chemex, so you can have top-notch pour-over coffee from this point forward.