Timed Pulses
Open in appCounter Culture Coffee's quick Chemex guide pairs a bloom with evenly timed pulse pours and a moderately strong brew ratio. It is designed for an orderly extraction that yields a clean, sweet cup with balanced strength.
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Parameters
- 45 g
- Coffee
- 750 g
- Water
- 1:16.7
- Ratio
- 93 °C
- Temp
- 7 medium-coarse
- Grind
- 4:30
- Total
- ~750 ml
- Yield
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Method
4:30 · total-
Bloom 1 / 70:00~30s
Pour 100g in a spiral. Aim at any dark or dry patches. Let it bloom.
+100g→ 100g Spiral 5.9g/s 17s 93°C -
Pour 2 / 70:30~30s
Wait for the water level to fall by about 1 cm. Pour in a spiral to 200g. Keep the stream over the coffee bed and off the filter.
+100g→ 200g Spiral -
Pour 3 / 71:00~30s
Wait for the water level to fall by about 1 cm. Pour in a spiral to 300g. Keep the stream over the coffee bed and off the filter.
+100g→ 300g Spiral -
Pour 4 / 71:30~30s
Wait for the water level to fall by about 1 cm. Pour in a spiral to 450g. Keep the stream over the coffee bed and off the filter.
+150g→ 450g Spiral -
Pour 5 / 72:00~30s
Wait for the water level to fall by about 1 cm. Pour in a spiral to 600g. Keep the stream over the coffee bed and off the filter.
+150g→ 600g Spiral -
Pour 6 / 72:30~2m
Wait for the water level to fall by about 1 cm. Finish in a spiral to 750g. Keep the stream over the coffee bed and off the filter.
+150g→ 750g Spiral -
Done 7 / 74:30
Finish when the coffee stops dripping.
4m–5m
Notes
Original source
Recipe by Counter Culture Coffee, published at counterculturecoffee.com.
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- Chemex The Chemex is mostly known for its hourglass silhouette, but its real signature is the paper. Chemex bonded filters are 20–30% thicker than standard pour-over papers — they trap more oils, more fines, and slow flow noticeably. The brewer is a vessel; the filter does the work.
- Origin Where the coffee grew shapes the cup more than almost anything else. Soil, altitude, climate, and varietal interact for the years the tree spends in the ground. Once the cherry is picked, the rest of the chain (processing, roast, brew) only modifies what's already there. You can't put fruit into a coffee that wasn't grown for it.