Brew Like a Barista: The Ultimate Guide to Making Iced Coffee with A Chemex
The Chemex makes specialty iced coffee that will satisfy the finest of coffee nerds. Here is the recipe.
Ingredients
- 40 g Freshly ground coffee beans (medium-dark roasts)
- 340 g Ice cubes
- 300 g Water
Instructions
- Grind 40g of coffee to a finer grind size than the typical Chemex size.
- Rinse the Chemex filter using cold tap water.
- Put about 340 grams of ice into the Chemex.
- Add the ground coffee to the Chemex filter.
- Bloom the coffee for 1 minute by pouring 100 grams of hot water over the grounds.
- Pour hot water in 50g increments, slowly and carefully.
- The total brew time is 4-5 minutes.
- Swirl the brewed coffee to melt any remaining ice.
- Serve the coffee over a ice cubes .
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Notes
- Experiment with grind sizes until you find what's right for you.
- Add flavoring like vanilla or cream.