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Fine Grind

by Counter Culture Coffee Chemex 10 Cup

Counter Culture's Chemex technique scaled for maximum capacity. Clean, sweet, and balanced.

  • Balanced
  • Sweet
  • Light-bodied
  • Light roast
  • Medium roast
  • Long
  • Intermediate
Total
5:30
Ratio
1:16
Coffee
50 g
Temp
96 °C

The Fine Grind recipe by Counter Culture Coffee for the Chemex 10 Cup uses 50 g of coffee and 800 g of water (1:16 ratio), at 96°C, with a target brew time of 5:30.

Parameters

50 g
Coffee
800 g
Water
1:16
Ratio
96 °C
Temp
5 medium
Grind
5:30
Total
5
Servings
Grind · 5/10 · medium
FINE COARSE

Method

5:30 · total
  1. 0:00
    Bloom

    Pour 100g, stir gently.

    +100g 10s Circular
  2. 0:45
    Pour

    Steady pour to 350g.

    +350g 35s Circular
  3. 1:30
    Pour

    Continue to 580g.

    +580g 30s Circular
  4. 2:15
    Pour

    Final pour to 800g.

    +800g 30s Circular
  5. 2:50
    Swirl

    Gentle swirl.

  6. 5:30
    Done

    Drawdown complete.

Notes

Counter Culture recommends a slightly finer grind for Chemex than most. This maximizes extraction from the thick Chemex filters. Stir during bloom for even saturation.

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Original source

Recipe by Counter Culture Coffee, published at counterculturecoffee.com.

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