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Chemex 8 Cup Chemex by Counter Culture Coffee

Counter Culture Coffee's Chemex guidance is scaled to the Chemex 8-cup with a relatively fine grind and disciplined flow. It is geared toward light-roasted single-origin coffee, emphasizing sweetness, aromatic detail, and clean separation.

1:16.7 Ratio

5:00 Total

45g Dose

93°C Temp

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Parameters

45 g
Coffee: 750 g
Water: 1:16.7
Ratio: 93 °C
Temp: 6 medium-coarse
Grind: 5:00
Total: ~750 ml
Yield

Grind · 6/10 · medium

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Method

5:00 · total

Bloom 1 / 7
0:00

30s

Pour 100g and stir to saturate the bed. Let it bloom.

+100g→ 100g 6.7g/s 15s 93°C
Pour 2 / 7
0:30

30s

Pour in a spiral to 200g.

+100g→ 200g Spiral 6.7g/s 15s
Pour 3 / 7
1:00

45s

Pour in a spiral to 300g.

+100g→ 300g Spiral 6.7g/s 15s
Pour 4 / 7
1:45

45s

Pour in a spiral to 450g.

+150g→ 450g Spiral 6g/s 25s
Pour 5 / 7
2:30

45s

Pour in a spiral to 600g.

+150g→ 600g Spiral 6g/s 25s
Pour 6 / 7
3:15

1m45s

Finish in a spiral to 750g.

+150g→ 750g Spiral 6g/s 25s
Done 7 / 7
5:00

Drawdown complete.

Notes

Hold a consistent kettle flow and keep the slurry level stable, since surges can channel through the large bed. Start finer than a typical Chemex setting, then coarsen in small steps if the finish is drying; use evenly mineralized water for clearer origin character.

Original source

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

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