On a recent trip to visit my sister, I had the opportunity to visit the Chemex headquarters in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. You might be asking yourself, ‘Where in the world is Pittsfield’? It is a small town located in Western Massachusetts, about 45 minutes outside of Albany, New York. I just happened to be looking at [...]
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Reviewing a Vintage Coffee Machine
by Andrés Castro, in Colombia For many years, I thought that beautiful Espresso machines, sophisticated programmable drip ones or other fancy artifacts to extract coffee were better if bigger. Last week, traveling around the Colombian coffee region I stopped by a traditional bakery and asked about their old and big coffee machine. In the past, [...]
If Pachelbel drank coffee, he would use a Chemex
Sometimes, the simplest things can bring the most wonderful results. Take Canon in D major by Johann Pachelbel. At the beginning, it’s a simple 2 bar phrase that only ever uses 6 different notes. And yet, from that very basic opening, one of the most well-known pieces of music of all time emerges. Pachelbel understood [...]
