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Open in appStumptown Coffee's Chemex method is scaled for the Chemex 8-cup, beginning with thorough saturation before moving into substantial staged pours. It favors a clean, developed batch with even sweetness and enough presence for a larger serving.
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Parameters
- 42 g
- Coffee
- 700 g
- Water
- 1:16.7
- Ratio
- 96 °C
- Temp
- 7 medium-coarse
- Grind
- 4:00
- Total
- ~700 ml
- Yield
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Method
4:00 · total-
Bloom 1 / 40:0045s
Pour 150g and stir to saturate the bed. Let it bloom.
+150g→ 150g 6g/s 25s 96°C -
Pour 2 / 40:451m
Pour in a spiral to 450g.
+300g→ 450g Spiral 6g/s 50s -
Pour 3 / 41:452m15s
Finish in a spiral to 700g.
+250g→ 700g Spiral 6g/s 42s -
Done 4 / 44:00
Drawdown complete.
Notes
Original source
Recipe by Stumptown Coffee Roasters, published at stumptowncoffee.com.
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Definitions, ratios and protocols behind this recipe.
- 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.