MiiR's New Coffee Brewer Is Like an Unbreakable Chemex for Home & Camp

This double-wall insulated, stainless steel carafe keeps your pour-over coffee hot and won't break—plus it's pretty damn handsome

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Tanner Bowden is a writer, photographer, former wilderness educator and current Field Mag cat herder.

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Thanks to quality instant coffee, titanium French presses, and of course, the Aeropress, there are now just as many ways to make and serve good coffee at a campground or base camp as there are at home. Well, almost. Invented way back in '41, the Chemex remains one of the most highly regarded, aficionado-approved devices for making perfect pour-over coffee. But—and don't let the Instagram influencers fool you—its all-glass design is best enjoyed indoors only.

Surprisingly, nobody's come up with a shatterproof alternative, until now. MiiR, a sustainability-minded maker of insulated bottles and other drinking vessels, has steadily been edging its way into the realm of arabica and robusta with well-designed camp mugs, a folding V60 stand, and even a kettle. Now the brand is going whole bean with the Kickstarted introduction of the New Standard Carafe, a pour-over vessel with an hourglass shape that readily calls to mind its glass grandfather.

The Carafe unscrews and separates at the middle

A rubber stopper holds in heat after brewing

The new MiiR carafe works like your usual Chemex, designed for pour-over brewing with a conical filter of your choice. It's minimal, understated design boasts a material list that should be familiar to fans of the company: medical-grade 18/8 stainless steel, double-wall vacuum insulation, 100% post-consumer recycled plastic. Though not explicitly for outdoor use, it's hard not to see how ideal the Carafe would be for serious coffee enthusiasts looking to step up their car camping and cabin coffee routine.

Unlike a glass Chemex, which is easy to break while cleaning (or, heaven forbid, while camping) the durable MiiR New Standard Carafe can survive rough surfaces and getting knocked and, once brewed, your coffee will stay hot against the wind thanks to the vacuum insulation. Plus, the design unscrews in the middle, leaving you with two simple shapes to pack should you want to brew your coffee at a hard-to-reach campsite.

MiiR expects the New Standard Carafe will sell for $94 once in stores—through the already fully funded Kickstarter, you can get one for $85 along with 100 filters plus shipping, by April 2023. The company is releasing a digital coffee scale as part of the campaign, too, if you want to go full n3rd.