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Chemex
after Counter Culture · adapted by Bunchum
Coffee : water
1:16.7
45 to 750 gBloom and 7 pours, 4:00 to 5:00 in total.
What it brings out
Clarity ours
Brewsign in to brew itRoast
Light
Medium
Dark
Light to medium. Our reading; the source names no roast.
Provenance
Counter Culture's two-cup Chemex: a 100 g bloom, then a pour of 100 g every 30 seconds.
Source
Tips draw on (5)
- Scott Rao: How to approach brewing different coffees (opens in a new tab)
- Stumptown Coffee: Brew guide: Kalita Wave (opens in a new tab)
- Drop Coffee: This is how we brew Kalita Wave (opens in a new tab)
- The Coffee Collective: Kalita Wave Brew Guide (opens in a new tab)
- Equator Coffees: Origami brew guide (opens in a new tab)
- What we changed
- Pour sizes after 300 g are ours: the source says to repeat the pour every 30 seconds until 750 g, and we continue its 100 g steps.
Values per Counter Culture, unless marked "ours".
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Steps
- 0:00 to 0:30
Bloom100 g
Pour 100 g to wet all the grounds.
- 0:30 to 1:00
Pour 1to 200 g
Pour in circles up to 200 g.
- 1:00 to 1:30
Pour 2to 300 g
When the level has dropped about a centimetre, pour to 300 g.
- 1:30 to 2:00
Pour 3to 400 g ours
Same again: let the level drop, then pour to 400 g.
- 2:00 to 2:30
Pour 4to 500 g ours
Same again: let the level drop, then pour to 500 g.
- 2:30 to 3:00
Pour 5to 600 g ours
Same again: let the level drop, then pour to 600 g.
- 3:00 to 3:30
Pour 6to 700 g ours
Same again: let the level drop, then pour to 700 g.
- after
Pour 7to 750 g
Finish with a last pour to 750 g.
- after
Drawdown
Let it drain; it is finished by 4:00 to 5:00.
The times are for this amount.Adapt as a copy
Four sides of the cup
- Clarity: Clean, separated flavours, little sediment. Our reading: A paper filter keeps oils and fine particles out of the cup.
Our tips
For your next brew: try it and taste.
Grind
Medium-coarse
Like coarse salt
Sour or thin: grind a little finer. Bitter or drying: a little coarser.
moves extraction
Drains much slower than the recipe says: grind coarser. Much faster: finer.
moves extraction
Coffee : water
More water per gram tastes lighter and clearer; less tastes more intense.
moves strength
Water
93 °C
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