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Chemex is the canonical plastic-free coffee setup. The whole brewer is borosilicate glass; the only non-glass parts are the wooden collar and the rawhide tie around the neck. Paper filters mean no plastic in the brewing surface either.
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Why we picked it
Chemex is the canonical plastic-free coffee setup. The whole brewer is borosilicate glass; the only non-glass parts are the wooden collar and the rawhide tie around the neck. Paper filters mean no plastic in the brewing surface either.
The iconic all-glass pour-over. No plastic in the water path, paper filter chain. The clean coffee brewing answer for forty years and counting.
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Stainless pour-over with travel mug. The plastic-free coffee setup that travels with you. Half the price of Chemex, similar chemistry chain.
Premium pickAn automatic coffee maker that markets itself as plastic-free. The premium answer for someone who wants Mr. Coffee convenience without the plastic water path.
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