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Chemex 8 Cup

Large Batch

Chemex 8 Cup Chemex by Chemex

Chemex's official brewing method scaled up to the 8-cup carafe. A staged batch pour-over that yields enough of the clean, bright cup the Chemex is loved for to share with three or four people.

1:15.1 Ratio
5:30 Total
53g Dose
96°C Temp
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Parameters

53 g
Coffee
800 g
Water
1:15.1
Ratio
96 °C
Temp
8 extra coarse
Grind
5:30
Total
~800 ml
Yield
Grind · 8/10 · coarse
FINE COARSE

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Method

5:30 · total
  1. Bloom 1 / 7
    0:00
    30s

    Pour 150g in a spiral. Let it bloom.

    +150g→ 150g Spiral 10g/s 15s 96°C
  2. Pour 2 / 7
    0:30
    15s

    Pour in a spiral to 280g.

    +130g→ 280g Spiral 9.3g/s 14s
  3. Pour 3 / 7
    0:45
    15s

    Pour in a spiral to 410g.

    +130g→ 410g Spiral 9.3g/s 14s
  4. Pour 4 / 7
    1:00
    15s

    Pour in a spiral to 540g.

    +130g→ 540g Spiral 9.3g/s 14s
  5. Pour 5 / 7
    1:15
    15s

    Pour in a spiral to 670g.

    +130g→ 670g Spiral 9.3g/s 14s
  6. Pour 6 / 7
    1:30
    4m

    Finish in a spiral to 800g.

    +130g→ 800g Spiral 9.3g/s 14s
  7. Done 7 / 7
    5:30

    Drawdown complete.

Notes

An extra-coarse grind is critical at this volume. Finer grinds choke the deep bed, dragging out the drawdown and pushing the cup toward over-extraction.

Original source

Recipe by Chemex, published at projectbarista.com.

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