How to Brew Coffee Using Chemex

How to use Chemex

This elegant glass tool with its woody handle and leather tie that was made in 1941, an essential tool for all coffee lovers, it like any drip coffee but needs a courser grind

For a detailed description, please see below, but here's a quick video:

 

What do you need?

  1. Coffee beans
  2. Chemex
  3. Paper filter
  4. Grinder
  5. Scale
  6. Timer
  7. Boiler 

How to use a Chemex

First Step:

Heat up the water (1.2-1.4 L).

How to use a Chemex

Second Step:

Prepare 50-60 grams of coffee.

How to use a Chemex

Third Step:

While the water heats, grind the coffee, it should be course but less that French press.

How to use a Chemex

Fourth Step:

Put the filter and the 3 folds side by the spout.

How to use a Chemex

Fifth Step:

Wet the filter to eliminate the paper taste and worm the glass and discard of the water.

How to use a Chemex

Sixth Step:

Put the ground coffee and shake it to make it even, for even extraction.

How to use a Chemex

Seventh Step:

Start pouring the water almost double the amount of coffee for blooming.

How to use a Chemex

How to use a Chemex

Eighth Step:

Wait for 45-60 seconds.

How to use a Chemex

Ninth Step:

Continue pouring the water in the center slowly, it should take 4 minutes.

How to use a Chemex

How to use a Chemex

How to use a Chemex

Enjoy your drink.

How to use a Chemex

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