# Sweet Maria's Brewing Instructions for Chemex Brewers - Host: [legacy.sweetmarias.com](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/legacy.sweetmarias.com/) - Saved: October 5, 2015 (2015-10-05T11:36:43Z) - Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/5c00c654d251/ - JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/5c00c654d251.json ## From the page (probably an excerpt, not Jamie's words) The are a few key advantages to using a Chemex Brewer and making manual, pour-over drip coffee rather than auto-drip brewing with a home machine. The first key point is that the coffee-water mixture is the right temperature (between 195-205 f) from the beginning of the infusion. Few auto drip makers are capable of this. Over time, even a good auto-drip maker will brew at lower and lower temperatures - especially if it is no kept clean. Secondly, you gain some control over infusion time based upon the fineness of your grind, and pouring technique. Lastly (and I think, of great significance) is that you can keep this simple brew system very clean: auto-drip makers become foul with rancid coffee residue, and invariably even with drip machines that are diligently cleaned, I can immediately taste this bitter, off flavor ## Facts - Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/) ## Saved the same week - [Lawrence Lessig: I’m Trying to Run for President, but the Democrats Won’t Let Me - POLITICO Magazine](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/4930e20d138d/) (politico.com, October 5, 2015) - [Open Source North](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/0729e2f15681/) (opensourcenorth.com, October 5, 2015) - [Use GTD to facilitate Work-Life Integration](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/2d562b6e442e/) (gtdforcios.com, October 5, 2015) - [Flux: A New Approach to System Intuition](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/df66689862df/) (medium.com, October 6, 2015) - [UnitedHealth to hire 1,700 in Twin Cities](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/6bb2dceb7dc8/) (mprnews.org, October 6, 2015) ## Elsewhere - Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://legacy.sweetmarias.com/brewinstr/brewing.inst.chemex.php