Chemex Coffeemaker

Chemex Coffeemaker; designer: Peter Schlumbohm, 1941; Brooklyn Museum.

The Chemex Coffeemaker is a manual pour-over style glass coffeemaker, invented by Peter Schlumbohm in 1941, manufactured by the Chemex Corporation in Chicopee, Massachusetts.

In 1958, designers at the Illinois Institute of Technology selected the Chemex Coffeemaker as "one of the best-designed products of modern times." It is included in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.[1][2][3][4] It has been featured in the novel From Russia with Love, in a scene where James Bond eats breakfast, the film Harper starring Paul Newman, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and Ira Levin's Rosemary's Baby, as well as its film adaptation[5].

  1. ^ "Dr. Peter Schlumbohm Dead; Inventor of Coffee Maker, 66; His Chemex Called One of 100 Best Modern Devices-- 300 Items Patented Tolled Amid Gadgets (1962 article)". The New York Times. Retrieved 2020-05-09.
  2. ^ "Food News: Coffee Puts Wife to Test". The New York Times. 1959-11-07. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-05-09.
  3. ^ "The Collection | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2020-05-09.
  4. ^ "Peter Schlumbohm. Chemex Coffee Maker. 1941 | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
  5. ^ Handy, Jolene (2023-01-20). "The "Beautility" of Coffee—from a Chemist's Lab". Time Travel Kitchen. Retrieved 2024-07-23.

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