Dialed-in starting recipe
Starting recipe for the Chemex
A new bag shouldn’t cost you half its beans in guessing. Here’s where we’d start on a Chemex with fresh, roast-to-order specialty coffee — plus how to correct in one cup, not ten.
- Method
- Pour-over
- Dose
- 22 g coffee : 352 g water
- Ratio
- 1:16
- Grind
- Medium-coarse — a notch coarser than V60
- Water
- 95°C
- Time
- 3:30–4:30 total
The thick Chemex filter is the slowest part of the system — rinse it well and expect a longer drawdown than any other dripper. That’s normal, not a fault.
The three steps
- Rinse the filter thoroughly, discard the water.
- Bloom 45 s, then slow steady pours to 352 g.
- Total brew 3:30–4:30.
If the first cup is off
Thin or sour → grind finer; keep the pours slow.
Bitter or muddy → grind coarser; don’t stir the bed.
Change one variable at a time. A starting recipe is a starting point, not a prophecy — burrs, water and beans all drift. That’s the whole idea of dialed-in coffee.
What we’d brew on it
- Costa Rica — crisp and clean — the Chemex’s best friend.
- Ethiopia — Natural — light and floral, extra clarity through the thick filter.
Skip the guessing entirely
Every Adira order comes with a starting recipe built for your exact machine and grinder — emailed to you and saved to your My Cup account. This page is the generic version; yours gets translated to your burrs. And if the first cups are off, Stefan helps you dial it in personally.
Start with your first dialed-in bag →First bag ships free with code FIRSTBAG · No subscription required
Starting recipes for other setups
Breville Barista Express · Breville Bambino · Gaggia Classic Pro · De’Longhi Dedica · Hario V60 · Chemex · AeroPress · Moka pot · French press · Moccamaster