Chemex 8 Cup Chemex
Fine Grind
Counter Culture's recommended Chemex technique scaled for the 8-cup. High extraction for light roasts.
Parameters
- 38 g
- Coffee
- 600 g
- Water
- 1:15.8
- Ratio
- 96 °C
- Temp
- 5 medium
- Grind
- 4:30
- Total
- ~600 ml
- Yield
Method
4:30 · total-
Bloom 1 / 60:00+75g add
To
75g
10s SpiralPour 75g, stir gently with spoon.
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Pour 2 / 60:45+225g add
To
300g
35s SpiralSteady pour to 300g.
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Pour 3 / 61:30+150g add
To
450g
25s SpiralContinue to 450g.
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Pour 4 / 62:10+150g add
To
600g
25s SpiralFinal pour to 600g.
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Swirl 5 / 62:45
Gentle swirl.
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Done 6 / 64:30
Drawdown complete.
Notes
Original source
Recipe by Counter Culture Coffee, published at counterculturecoffee.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.