Chemex slow bloom
A clear starting recipe. Taste your cup and adjust one variable at a time.
- Clean
- Sweet
- Balanced
Brew it your way
Change the coffee or the water and every step below follows.
Coffee 30 g, ratio 1:17, water 510 g, for 2 cups.
- Water temp
- 94 °C
- Total time
- 4:30
- Grind
- Medium
Method
6 steps and 3 pours, 4:30 in total
Step 1
Prepare your equipment
Prepare 30 g coffee and the listed water. Fit and rinse the matching Chemex filter with its three-layer side over the spout, then discard the rinse water.
Step 2
Load the coffee
Add and level the coffee in the filter. Set the Chemex on the scale and tare. Start pouring.
Step 3
at 0:00
Add water
Pour to 77 g, wetting all the grounds. Swirl gently, then let the coffee bloom until 1:00.
Target 77 g
Step 4
at 1:00
Pour and let it settle
Pour to 281 g, then let the water level fall.
Target 281 g
Step 5
at 1:00
Final pour and drain
Pour to 510 g on the scale, then let the coffee drain. Lift out the filter and grounds when drainage has finished.
Target 510 g
Step 6
Serve and taste
Swirl the finished coffee gently to mix, then serve and taste as it cools.
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