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Chemex
after James Hoffmann
Coffee : water
1:16.7
30 to 500 gBloom and 2 pours, done around 4:10.
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
James Hoffmann's Chemex: boiling water, a stirred bloom, two timed pours, then a stir and a gentle shake.
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
- Nothing. Every value as published, in our words.
Values per James Hoffmann, unless marked "ours".
Recipes credited to people or brands are our retelling of what they published. Bunchum is not affiliated with them, and they have not reviewed or endorsed this app. Names and trademarks belong to their owners.
Water over time
- before
Prepare the filter
Fold the filter with the three-layer side to the spout. Rinse it with boiling water and pour that water away. Add the coffee, make a small dip in the middle, set it on the scale and tare.
- 0:00 to 0:45
Bloom60 g
Pour 60 g, or up to half as much again, and stir until all the coffee is wet. Let it bloom.
- 0:45 to 1:15
Pour 1to 300 g
Pour in circles, breaking up any clumps, to 300 g by 1:15.
- 1:15 to 1:45
Pour 2to 500 g
Keep pouring to 500 g by 1:45.
- 1:45 to 2:00
Stir
With a spoon, stir once clockwise, then once the other way.
- after
Swirl
At 2:00, give the Chemex a gentle shake.
- around 4:10
Drawdown
Let it drain; it should be done around 4:10. Lift out the filter, swirl the coffee and serve.
Values as published; 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 ours
The source names no grind.
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
Water
100 °C
Something tastes off although the brew ran to time? Try slightly cooler water.
moves extraction
Not hotter: the water is already at the boil.
left alone on purpose
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