The 6-8 Cup Chemex

Brew Guide

We love the elegance of this “6-8 cup” manual brewer and find it produces a consistently fantastic brew for you and a couple of friends.

Place the Chemex filter in the brewer with the three layered thick side of the filter over the spout. Rinse the filter to eliminate any paper taste, then pour out the rinse water and seat the filter fully down in the Chemex..
Set the Chemex on your scale and zero. Add 41g of freshly ground coffee (grind should be medium to slightly coarse) and zero your scale again.(a ballpark ratio for most coffees is 1:17 – 41g coffee to 700g water).
0:00-0:10: Gently pour 100g of 200 degree water into the coffee grounds, spiraling from the center to the outside. Make sure all the grounds are wet. Wait until 30 seconds.
0:30-0:40: Pour 125g of water, to 225g total, spiraling from the center to the outside and back in again.
0:40-0:50: Pour another 125g, to 350g total, straight down the center of the cone.
1:20-1:30: Pour another 125g, to 475g total, straight down the center of the cone.
1:50-2:00: Pour in another 125g, to 600g total, spiraling from the center to the outside and back in again.
2:00-2:10: Pour 100g more straight down the middle to reach a final weight of 700g.
4:00-4:30: Let it finish dripping. Your total brew time should be around 4-4.5 minutes. If it takes longer, try a coarser grind. If it is shorter adjust your grind to be finer.