How to make Chemex coffee

Recipe

An hourglass-shaped glass brewer with a thick paper filter that holds back oils and fine particles. The cup is very clean, light and sweet.

Steps

1. Heat water to 94 °C, with a little extra for rinsing.

2. Unfold a Chemex filter and set it in the top, with the thick, three-layer side against the spout.

3. Rinse the filter all over with hot water, then pour that water out through the spout, keeping the filter in place.

4. Grind 30 g of coffee medium-coarse, add it to the filter and shake gently so the bed is flat.

5. Set the Chemex on scales and zero them. Start a timer and pour 60 ml of water, just enough to wet all the grounds.

6. Let it bloom until 0:45.

7. Pour slowly in small circles to 250 ml by 1:30.

8. When the level has dropped a little, pour to 500 ml by 2:30, keeping the water below the rim of the filter.

9. Let it drain. It should finish at about 4:30: grind finer next time if it runs faster, coarser if slower.

10. Lift out the filter, swirl the coffee and serve.