Chemex

Mr Magnolia

Any recommendations on grind? I'll be using the bodum to grind so if any of you have this combo which setting do you generally use? I would normally use the 3rd finest grind for the cafetiere but am unsure about the best grind for the chemex.

Also, coffee to water ratio? I've read a few recommendations but they mostly talk about desert spoons, I'm more of a gram man myself.

T'would be nice to read of personal experiences

ch2008

I usually use 60g/litre and a steep time of around 4 mins. The steep time gives you a good indication of how coarse/grind your grind needs to be. If its too quick make it finer and vice versa. Also, washing papers helps get rid of the papery taste. Great vid here
http://www.squaremileblog.com/2008/12/27/videocast-3-chemexpourover/

RE*AC*TOR

Will be the finest setting on the Antigua - and I'd also bump up the dose a little.

Mr Magnolia

Thanks gents, once I have a baseline to work off I can give it a tweak here and there.

How often would ye turn to the chemex for a brew now?

RE*AC*TOR

Been using it as much as French Press for the last couple of months, though I have a new toy now, which is putting my Chemex to shame a little.

Mr Magnolia

Do tell.

RE*AC*TOR

It's called an Abid Clever Coffee Dripper.

Gonna put together a video of it when I get a chance.

Khannie

RE*AC*TOR wrote: »

Been using it as much as French Press for the last couple of months, though I have a new toy now, which is putting my Chemex to shame a little.

Come on! You designed that to be cryptic and interest piquing. Out with it.

edit: Ok. I forgives you.

Mr Magnolia

Look forward to it.





*googles*



Edit/ just as well they added 'coffee' to the name or it would read like an STD

RE*AC*TOR

Mr Magnolia

Impressed, lovely clean cup. I'll be tricking around and making comparisons but first impressions are good.

donnacha

I just ordered myself a Chemex 3-6 cup and a bag of Sumatra Raja Batak Lingtong beans and had to splash out on the Brazil Maria Serra do Rola Moca - Lucia Junqueira Pereira Cup of Excellence. Can't wait for the delivery!

Mr Magnolia

I have the Antigua at it's finest setting and am having to up-dose to slow it down for a 4min brew. I'm still fiddling though.

Mr Magnolia

ch2008 wrote: »

I usually use 60g/litre and a steep time of around 4 mins. The steep time gives you a good indication of how coarse/grind your grind needs to be.

If I need to stick to the 4min brew time then I need to adjust my grind finer to brew under a litre or coarser to brew over a litre? A major pain if I need to change the amount I'm brewing, there's no other way that I could get a proper extraction though...

RE*AC*TOR

Just to follow up on the Abid...

http://theotherblackstuff.ie/machines/abid-clever-coffee-dripper/

waraf

RE*AC*TOR wrote: »

It's called an Abid Clever Coffee Dripper.

Gonna put together a video of it when I get a chance.

Looks pretty cool. Did you get it on the net? Do you use chemex filter paper with it?

Gran Hermano

RE*AC*TOR wrote: »

Just to follow up on the Abid...

http://theotherblackstuff.ie/machines/abid-clever-coffee-dripper/

I hadn't realised it was from the same stable as that tea brewer of which
I have one in the kitchen. Now you've made me think it might be worth
a punt trying some coarse coffee and a filter paper in the tea one.

RE*AC*TOR

Got it direct from the manufacturer. (for evaluation).

Couldn't find anywhere to actually buy one though.

MarcoB

Mr Magnolia wrote: »

If I need to stick to the 4min brew time then I need to adjust my grind finer to brew under a litre or coarser to brew over a litre?

Another way to extend the brew time would be to double up your filter papers, or use a thicker one. When the filters are wet on the chemex they will cling to the glass and most of the coffee flow will be down in the exposed neck. They could make a range of glass cones which would sit in the original chemex neck/funnel, these would have differring size holes at the bottom which would result in different flow rates with the same grind & filter, and it would still be just in contact with glass & paper.

In the past (in Marco) we had customers who had various punched stainless steel meshes in their baskets, some would have a lot more holes than standard for a shorter brew time, some would have very few holes.

Mr Magnolia

That sounds interesting, thanks MarcoB.