Chemex Coffee
Start the morning with a little bit of clarity in your coffee
Ingredients:
makes about 24 fl. oz (1-2 servings)
Coffee - 42 grams ground medium coarse
Filtered Water - 700 grams
Supplies:
Scale + Timer
Hot Water Kettle
Mug
Chemex Filter
Grinder
Chemex 8 Cup
Recipe:
Fill kettle with enough water to brewer you coffee and heat water to 202 degrees Fahrenheit
Using a scale, tare out a small cup.
Set your grinder to a medium-coarse setting (looking for a consistency similar to coarse sand)
If using a manual grinder, dose out 42 grams of whole beans and grind. If using an electric grinder, grind coffee until 42 grams of ground coffee is reached
Place Chemex filter in to Chemex
Once water reaches temperature, pre-wet filter. (This helps remove paper taste and helps pre-heat the Chemex. You can re-use this water to pre-heat your cups. Be sure to discard the water in the cups before adding coffee to them)
Place Chemex on scale and tare.
Add ground coffee into filter and check dose. (If dose is correct, 42 grams, tare out scale to zero. If not you can add more or remove some or just roll with it and see if you notice a difference in flavor or mouthfeel. )
Using a timer, begin the count once you begin pouring hot water.
Start by gently covering the bed of coffee with 50 grams of water in the first 10 seconds. (this process is called the bloom and helps release oxygen in the coffee)
After the timer reaches 30 seconds begin pouring water in a counter-clockwise circle. (Start in the middle and make the way to the edges and back to the center and then back out to the edges.
Continue this until the water reaches a fingers width from the top of the Chemex, not the filter. Allow the coffee bed to drain an inch or so until adding more water.
Follow this process until you have reached 700 grams of water.
The goal is to reach 700 grams of water by 3:00 minutes and have the Chemex be finished dripping by 5:30 minutes. (if this process is too fast, you will need to fine your grind up for the next brew or if it is too slow, you will need to coarsen the grind.)
Once the last drops finish dripping, remove the filter by bringing each edge together in the middle and toss it right into the compost. (you can also add coffee grounds to soil for an added benefit to your plants or garden, the filter though will live the compost)
Finally pour the delicious coffee you just crafted into a cup or as many cups as you would like to share.
