Chemex Ottomatic 2.0 | Crew Review 

Loving the extra product shots at different angles, very nice. Awesome video again Gail & team.

It's just a beautiful machine Gail.. and I love how SCG now presented the coffee brewing moment with cinematic super close video! 😍

Lots of coffee left high and dry, same with a Moccamaster. A stir about 30 seconds after the pre infusion would help a lot.

sooo.. its drip coffee now? glad to see we came full circle.

I love how cheerful Gail always is, and fully agree with other comments here that your editing has gone up a notch! Great video! :) Love the brewer as well, although it just seems a bit strange to me that chemex sells a brewer that doesn't include a carafe that's big enough. I wondered about that in their first version too. Not a big problem, but I think more people would buy it then.. just a thought

I love my chemex manual pourover but if I'm spending $350 I'm buying a Moccamaster and $50 worth of coffee.

Good product overview but I wish you didn’t use a coffee that you don’t seem to drink regularly. I’d like to know if/how this makes XYZ coffee taste better vs let’s say XYZ coffee in a French Press or a standard coffee machine, etc.

Maybe the screen needs decalcified now and then for folks with hard water.

Nice review! Is the water tank and brewer parts that come in contact with the boiling water made of plastic or glass and stainless steel?

Love this channel!! Where has Gail been my whole life!! 👌🏻👌🏻

I loved this machine...until the tank started cracking. I tried to get in touch with Chemex, and because the 1-year warranty has just passed (I've had it for about 15 months) Chemex has offered me a 10% discount to buy another machine. I wouldn't recommend buying this unless you're willing to shell out $300 every other year. Chemex's customer service has been really lacking in this process. Unanswered emails, and when they do answer, it's just a scripted "it's past the warranty. We'll offer you 10% the purchase of a new one". I've also tried calling, and no one ever picks up the phone. Pretty disappointed in the quality of this machine for such a big price tag (and it ONLY brews coffee). Looks good, but does not hold up to the quality Chemex touts.

Essa é melhor máquina de café que eu já vi!!! Mas ainda acho que um barista consegue fazer um café melhor utilizando a chaleira bico de ganso pois consegue "molhar o pó de café" de maneira mais precisa. A Ottomatic molha (de maneira muito bacana, reconheço!) somente no meio e isto pode levar a uma superextração na parte central. enfim, para quem não é barista.... Ainda bem que eu aprendi tudo o que eu precisava saber nos cursos de barista da Best Coffee Xperience

Does the Ottomatic use a pump to move water to the spray head or is it like the Technivorm where heated water under pressure moves the water to the spray head?

I like this machine enough, but my reservoir cracked within days of getting it. I emailed them about it and was told THAT part of the machine wasn't covered by warranty. Naturally. I still use it since the crack wasn't leaking, and it was expensive. Also, monsters like me will sometimes buy ground coffee, and if the grind is too fine, it will overflow. Overall, it's an ok machine but it can have its quirks. Have a good day, y'all!

Nice review, Gail. Thinking about getting my mother-in-law one (so she can lose the Keurig!)

Gail, love your videos, so so watchable. Great review, thanks. Not sure of the £300 price tag for it as our pour over variable temp kettle cost £50, but what they hey, shiny shiny :) We found pouring a chemex needs 2 hands (one under to support) if you have a lot of coffee in it.

Awesome editing on this, haven't seen this before on SCG videos. Cool product too.

By the time the water hits the coffee, what's its temperature?

Thanks for the nice video. Seems like a nice unit. However I'm kinda the bull in the China shop. Too much glass for me. I'm considering a Breville with a stainless steel carafe.

It should not take 8 min. More like 5-6 min. The grinds are too fine. Medium-coarse is the way to go.

Yay Gail!

just got it. It looks like it does not spray all of holes. did I get defective one?

I like the new brewing music and angels.

I never want the hot plate on, ever.

How hot is the coffee? I always want to know that, by the way, with all these demos. How hot is it on the tongue because all these machines cool down the coffee in the brewing process.

Gail, I made coffee not realizing the pot beneath it was not empty. The area where we make coffee is dark and everything was set up for me. All I was supposed to do was measure and press brew. Oopsie! It was a mess. I had to clean it up. Fortunately, everything stayed within the tray. I highly recommend keeping your coffeemaker on a tray for just such an occasion. Now my daughter never sets everything up to make coffee unless the pot is empty.

Nice video editing! Keep' em coming

Seems nice but honestly buying the moccamaster and premium coffee bean I was not floored, yeah it tastes better for sure but I really expected a bigger difference.

Ooh. Been wanting to buy more Chemex filters and those would save us some time since we always cut down the square filters. Should work as long as it doesn't stick up more than 3/4" on the 8 cup version.

Great Video :-). Is the heating element aluminium?

Out of curiosity, is that the Forte BG? If so, what setting did you use? Thanks!

Well was it hot?

What grind setting with a Rancilio would you recommend for this machine?

Is this machine available without the glass Chemex maker ?

Screen comes off so you can descale it, I reckon.

can i use it with a v60

And only 500 dollars in Canada - splendid!

Awesome b roll!!!

I’ve never tasted coffee that is any good, when brewed at 8 minutes, it’s just way too over extracted. That’s the problem with Chemex, it takes too long.

So it costs $350 to turn my $50 Chemex into a $30 Mr. Coffee? Sign me up!

i want to buy gail now instead of a coffe machine XD shes awesome

2:58 "Brew clip" - Er? What?

I have wrote to you 3 times ??? and not received any answers ?????

I still prefer my old standard Chemex. This doesn't have the capability to do a classic pour over with the water pouring in a circular motion. Just sayin'. :)

Too bad you can't buy the filters for a chemex.

To 204. You mean 205?

i got a scimitar corsair mouse from you just now

Please see Seattle Coffee Gear's Facebook Page for a personal review of this product - with video - 6 months later. You won't be disappointed, both with the information, and about how the company responded to inquires... it's eye-opening. facebook.com/SeattleCoffeeGear/

First about your video. I didn't like your style of describing how machine is working when you could comment during a brewing process. It's like you are on a radio. Second about this type of coffee making. I never drank a filter coffee and I don't like the coffee without cream on a top. So this type of brewing is like making a tea which I consider inferior to espresso.

Worst coffee deal yet! 'How to make a reasonably priced pour over set REALLY expensive!'.

I sense a bias in your videos

8 min?! Why ruin coffe like that? Meh.

This machine is overpriced ...period...buy a mocha master and never regret it