Chemex American follicle pot

The American follicle pot is a coffee pot invented in the United States by Dr. Peter J.Schlumbohm, who was born in Germany in 1941. Its design and particularity are recognized, not only selected as the "Illinois Institute of Technology" top 100 modern products, but also displayed by New York MoMa as a permanent collection of "Smithsonian and the Philadelphia Museum of Art".

The uniqueness of the American bubble pot is that the coffee pot and the filter cup are integrated, not separate. On the slender waist, the appearance wrapped in wood and leather rope is quite advanced and elegant. But the secret to extracting pure but flavored coffee lies elsewhere. The upper part of the filter cup of the American bubble pot has an air channel (air channel) in the shape of a funnel, which can supply air smoothly when extracting coffee, and the filter paper can be easily removed after use. There is also the filter paper used in the American bubble pot, which is about twice as heavy as the ordinary filter paper, but its advantage is that it can leak strong but non-bitter coffee.

The filter paper of the American bubble pot is not funnel-shaped, but flat four corners or round filter paper. This is a common method in the laboratory. The flat filter paper is folded twice and folded into a funnel shape. Maybe it's because the inventor used to be a doctor of chemistry. The filter paper of Kono and Hario is also funnel-shaped with a sharp end. If the filter paper wall is soaked in water, it can withstand heavier coffee and use pressure to attach both sides. However, the funnel and flask part of the American bubble pot is not accepted, because of the filter paper, if you use the sewn filter paper, the two sides of the filter paper will break because of the weight of the coffee. It's as simple as putting filter paper on a mug and making coffee. But the basket-shaped filter paper can be folded twice like circular filter paper and folded into a funnel instead of being used.

The coffee extracted by the American filter pot can not only remove the excess oil and bitter ingredients, but also extract only the purest coffee. After frozen preservation, it still has its flavor even if it is heated and drunk again. When heating the bubble pot directly on the gas furnace, even if the heat-resistant glass is used, it is still dangerous, so it is better to put it on the iron frame or tripod and then heat it.

There is also a combination of Hario velvet filter pots made by imitating the design of the follicle pot. The middle slender design is tied to the wood around the waist with a leather rope. If anything, the filter uses Hario's velvet filter cloth instead of filter paper, so the upper part is larger and round.

Bodum also produced the Kono series after improving the bubble pot. The lower half is like the early model of the follicle pot, making a spout and attaching Bodum symbolic plastic to the middle instead of wood. The titanium gold filter introduced by Bodum is also used instead of filter paper. If you buy it only once, you can use it for most of your life. Will not be mixed with the miscellaneous smell of the filter, can enjoy the original rich and pure taste of coffee.

Bodum Bistro flask and filter cup, metal filter group filter cup and pot parts are separated, but the assembled appearance can be described as an extension of Chemex American bubble pot.