Worked like a charm here! Based on other reviews I took it slow with adding the ice, letting it melt a bit, and swirling. No issues with cracking or breaking. For reference, we have an 8-cup Chemex from the original brand. No chemicals, easy process, and now our coffee tastes better too! Cheers!
Woo! The Chemex is a beautiful brewer for sure :) Careful not to accidentally smack it against something while doing this (or anything else with it). There's a reason I have the small Chemex in this vid, and not the larger one anymore :P I should say i didn't break it doing this cleaning method, but just slowly tipping it over on the counter...fragile things.
Worked for me! We had been just rinsing it with water for a year... it was so so dark! A couple mins with ice/salt and it looks great! It seems to work best once the ice/salt was more slushy... Next time I'll just wait a few minutes for the ice to melt a bit before I start swirling.
Thank you for making this video. I just got a 6 cup chemex and was curious how to easily clean it when it started to get dirty and now I know. Thank you.
Interesting method. I stumbled onto this video without looking for a cleaning video,, but was curious anyways. Personally, I've never had issues in years just doing a quick double, or triple rinse with boiling water that has been filtered using a zero water filter to greatly reduce any contaminants that would leave a residue. I only used soap and detergents initially after buying from the store, but rinsed several times with boiling hot water to remove the remaining detergent residues. Have owned and brewed my own coffee for years since with the chemex and still crystal clear.
Glad to help! A caveat though, as some other people have experienced their Chemex breaking during this process. I think in recent years the production of the mass produced chemex has dipped a bit in quality, or rather the glass may be thinner now. So I'd advise caution. The hand blown Chemexs are a much thicker glass (though the one I use is not hand blown and seems to do fine with this method).
Used this method once with success. The second time, a one inch shard of glass came flying. These may be "robust", but it would be good to exercise caution.
I've never tried that. The salt+ice works great for an all glass fully contained brewer like this. Maybe what you suggest would be a good solution for other brewers as well.
Congratulations! Now, I don't need that idiotic $10 brush designed for test tubes and doesn't clean the nooks and hard to reach spots. I appreciate your suggestion.
are you simply rinsing with water between daily brews? I find it such a pain to take off the wood each time I want to wash it and that just doesnt seem realistic every day
Yea most of the time a rinse is fine. But you will have buildup. So this kind of cleaning is every now and then - depends on how much you brew and how often you want to clean it crystal clear
I don't usually end up with the same build up in the top as in the bottom. rinsing it each time, and sometimes soap/water seems to keep it crystal clean for me. I have another product I've started using regularly, which I'll probably do a video on soon as well (but that requires getting a specific cleaning product)
That's certainly good use for a machine where cleaning every bit requires something extra, but with just glass I'd prefer to use salt alone - not a huge fan of chemicals if I can avoid them. Also that was maybe 2 minutes of swirling, so not a huge deal to me.
I've heard sometimes of people having issues with it breaking ... i'm not sure if this is because they use an off brand chemex-style brewer, or if there's already a weakness in the glass. I've never had any problems myself.
Accidents? i haven't experienced any accidents with this method yet. Crushed ice probably works just as well (maybe even better with more surface area, but that's just a guess).
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Worked like a charm here! Based on other reviews I took it slow with adding the ice, letting it melt a bit, and swirling. No issues with cracking or breaking. For reference, we have an 8-cup Chemex from the original brand. No chemicals, easy process, and now our coffee tastes better too! Cheers!
happy to hear!
7 years later still doing wonders, thanks for the quick tip this rocks!!
Thanks for this! I just got my Chemex today and can’t wait to use it
Woo! The Chemex is a beautiful brewer for sure :) Careful not to accidentally smack it against something while doing this (or anything else with it). There's a reason I have the small Chemex in this vid, and not the larger one anymore :P
I should say i didn't break it doing this cleaning method, but just slowly tipping it over on the counter...fragile things.
Thanks! Just tried it with my 6-cup chemex. Stoked to brew the next cup of coffee now with a clean chemex.
Worked for me! We had been just rinsing it with water for a year... it was so so dark! A couple mins with ice/salt and it looks great! It seems to work best once the ice/salt was more slushy... Next time I'll just wait a few minutes for the ice to melt a bit before I start swirling.
Worked for me. Much prefer this to pouring vinegar into it. Thank you!
Thank you for making this video. I just got a 6 cup chemex and was curious how to easily clean it when it started to get dirty and now I know. Thank you.
What a fantastic tip. Works perfectly!
Great vid. Love when videos are short and sweet.
Starts at 1:08
This worked amazingly well! Thanks for sharing.
Okay I needed to come back to this video, it was PERFECT!! It worked perfectly for my hard water.
Interesting method. I stumbled onto this video without looking for a cleaning video,, but was curious anyways. Personally, I've never had issues in years just doing a quick double, or triple rinse with boiling water that has been filtered using a zero water filter to greatly reduce any contaminants that would leave a residue. I only used soap and detergents initially after buying from the store, but rinsed several times with boiling hot water to remove the remaining detergent residues. Have owned and brewed my own coffee for years since with the chemex and still crystal clear.
Wow. This worked perfectly. Thank you for posting this video.
Glad to help! A caveat though, as some other people have experienced their Chemex breaking during this process. I think in recent years the production of the mass produced chemex has dipped a bit in quality, or rather the glass may be thinner now. So I'd advise caution. The hand blown Chemexs are a much thicker glass (though the one I use is not hand blown and seems to do fine with this method).
Used this method once with success. The second time, a one inch shard of glass came flying.
These may be "robust", but it would be good to exercise caution.
whoa! That's no good. Where did the glass come off?
Your chemex broke doing this?
@@Coffeeloversmag this is the comment that made me think of crushing my ice a bit
Just saw this and tried it and the exact same thing happened to me. Now out a $45 chemex.
worked perfectly. thanks brotha
This video just saved me a lot of money
glad to help!
worked so well
Awesome! Thank you. Such an economic and effective way to do it!
Thanks for the tip on the regular rinse Do you wash with the wood pieces and leather or take them off every time
If i'm doing a quick hand wash / rinse i'll usually just leave the pieces on. If I'm going to be washing the outside i'll take them off.
why not use rubbing alcohol and salt/ uncooked rice? the rubbing alcohol would be easy to rinse off
I've never tried that. The salt+ice works great for an all glass fully contained brewer like this. Maybe what you suggest would be a good solution for other brewers as well.
i highly recommend it, thats how many collectors clean their glass art if you know what i mean, leaves the glass spotless
Thank you brother
amazing! it worked.
Brilliant! This worked great!
Congratulations! Now, I don't need that idiotic $10 brush designed for test tubes and doesn't clean the nooks and hard to reach spots. I appreciate your suggestion.
Happy to assist :D
Awesome! Thank you, I'll try it today!
happy to help :)
Thankyou so much sir.
Love this!
are you simply rinsing with water between daily brews? I find it such a pain to take off the wood each time I want to wash it and that just doesnt seem realistic every day
Yea most of the time a rinse is fine. But you will have buildup. So this kind of cleaning is every now and then - depends on how much you brew and how often you want to clean it crystal clear
very helpful! Thanks!
happy to help!
Not only is this a great video but I'm guessing you're a fellow Midwesterner so you get TWO thumbs up!
Alka Seltzer works great!
interesting idea, i'll give it a shot
Finally, gonna give this a go
Let me know how it turns out!
Will this work on my bong
did you try?
Genius.
learned this trick from a roaster - conduitcoffee.com/
I'm thinking you could have made a margarita
I tried this today and my Chemex immediately cracked.
Then how do you clean the top part?
I don't usually end up with the same build up in the top as in the bottom. rinsing it each time, and sometimes soap/water seems to keep it crystal clean for me. I have another product I've started using regularly, which I'll probably do a video on soon as well (but that requires getting a specific cleaning product)
yea n there you have it a nicely scratched chemex on the inside! i ended up with clean 1 but full of scratches from the ice & salt
It really did remove the stains. However it also cracked the glass and killed my chemex. This being said mine is like 4 years old.
Cheers man, really helpful and much appreciated.
Happy to help! If you have any questions about coffee, or any other brew methods you'd be interested in tips on, let me know!
Alv lo intentaré !
Why not just use Cafiza ? No swirling for 5-10 min just a little mixing into the water leave it and rinse after 10 min
That's certainly good use for a machine where cleaning every bit requires something extra, but with just glass I'd prefer to use salt alone - not a huge fan of chemicals if I can avoid them. Also that was maybe 2 minutes of swirling, so not a huge deal to me.
Ima dishwasher kinda guy. Never had an issue
General Kenobi
Well coming for a ex stoner isopropyl alcohol is good for cleaning bongs so why not a chemex , just give it a rinse after cleaning and your good
I cringe a little hearing the sound of the ice. Thought it was going to break
I've heard sometimes of people having issues with it breaking ... i'm not sure if this is because they use an off brand chemex-style brewer, or if there's already a weakness in the glass. I've never had any problems myself.
this method broke my precious chemex (birthday present from my sister), DO NOT TRY!!!
Yea it seems like Chemex made these days are using much thinner glass. Also any non-brand chemex is probably a lot flimsier.
@@Coffeeloversmag i bought another chemex from original brand after that, but i am so scared to try this method again :)
Maybe I should run my ice through the blender first to avoid accidents
Accidents? i haven't experienced any accidents with this method yet. Crushed ice probably works just as well (maybe even better with more surface area, but that's just a guess).
Literally any bottle brush from your local department store would be quicker and easier than this.
that's certainly an option, but its not that easy to completely clear a built up oil layer.
It broke my Chemex!
This broke the glass on my chemex. Would not recommend
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