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Chemex Coffee Brew

Original Recipe
~ 5 mins brew time
2-3 full mug, 3-4 half mug

Ingredients

  • 50 grams whole coffee beans
  • 800g of 210°F water

Equipment

  • Chemex
  • Bonded chemex square paper filter
  • Kitchen scale
  • Kettle
  • Automatic coffee grinder
  • Timer

Prep

  • Set water on kettle
  • Grind whole bean to make sea-salt sized grounds. (about 3-4 on your coffee grinder)
  • Place filter on chemex. Double side toward spout. Weigh out 50g of coffee grounds.
  • Once water is at 210°F pour a little on the filter in the the chemex. Swirl and pour out.

Brew

  • Place empty chemex with filter and grounds on scale and tare the weight.
  • In growing concentric circles (out and then back in), pour 100g of water. Wait until 45 seconds.
  • At 45 seconds, pour to 300g with same motion, wait until 1 minute 50 seconds.
  • At 1m 50 seconds, pour to 500g with same motion, wait until 3 minutes 10 seconds.
  • At 3 minutes 10 seconds, pour to 700g of water, wait until it fully drains.