Chemex 6 Cup Chemex
V60 Adaptation
James Hoffmann's Chemex adaptation of his V60 method: bloom with stir, two main pours, agitation stir, and a gentle shake. Uses medium-fine grind since Chemex's thick filter slows drawdown.
Parameters
- 30 g
- Coffee
- 500 g
- Water
- 1:16.7
- Ratio
- 100 °C
- Temp
- 5 medium-fine
- Grind
- 4:10
- Total
- 2
- Servings
Method
4:10 · total-
Bloom 1 / 50:00+75g add
To
75g
10s SlowBloom with 60-90g. Stir at 0:10 to wet all grounds.
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Pour 2 / 50:45+225g add
To
300g
30s CircularPour in circles to 300g (60% of total), breaking up clumps.
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Pour 3 / 51:15+200g add
To
500g
30s CircularPour to 500g.
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Stir 4 / 51:45
Stir clockwise then counterclockwise. Give Chemex a gentle shake.
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Done 5 / 54:10
Brew complete. Target ~4:10.
Notes
Original source
Recipe by James Hoffmann, published at youtube.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.
- Processing Coffee grows as a cherry. The bean you brew is the seed. Processing is everything that happens between picking the cherry and getting a dry green bean ready to ship — and it's the second-biggest flavor decision after origin. Two coffees from the same farm processed differently will taste like two coffees.