The Greatest Chemex Recipe for April Coffee | Coffee with April

[@klarinetta]

Today I brewed with the Chemex for the first time in a long time. I used light roasted Colombia Aponte honey that at 22 clicks on the Comandante brewed with Origami and V60 filter felt a little bit over extracted and not as clean as I had as a batch brew at a cafe recently. I then thought I might try it as a Chemex because I love high grown Colombians and Ethiopians in the Chemex. I took the grind size to my usual 26 Clicks for Chemex with paper filter. 31.5 grams to 500ml took about 4:30 min to drip through and it just felt under extracted and not so clean. I'm sure when saying very coarse you are using something closer to 30 clicks on the Comandante. James Hoffman says use the same grind size as for V60 and let it take longer time to filter through. I'm trying to find some middle ground here. Oh well taste is a spectrum.

[@johs12345]

That new backdrop and location is brilliant!

[@benjaminkhosravi4063]

Great videos! I would really appreciate a birds-eye view from above the coffee brewers so we can see down into the coffee grounds and filter bed.

[@HwakJustin]

Hey Patrik, thanks for translating your coffee-passion into something that we can all approach. I really enjoy recipe videos of yours, but "one day" do you mind sharing a video briefly discussing the variance of temperature of water used on beans that are roasted within a week, post 2 weeks, and etc? You are a meticulous barista, the reason why we love you, but if you could generalize the information it would be SO helpful since same recipe don't work for continuously aging beans.

[@coffeewithapril]

Thank you for watching. We will look into when we can fit that in. In general, we would argue higher temperatures the further away you come from road date.

[@OdrazilChannel]

awesome recipe, gonna try this recipe in my channel soon. Thanks Patrick

[@coffeewithapril]

Thank you for watching. We are glad you like it.

[@6minus3minus2]

I tried this recipe today and it was delicious. Super simple too. It does have more body than I'm used to on the Chemex, but I like it. I don't have a commandante, but I went on the slightly coarser side of medium, and it worked well.

[@ProductionArtVideo]

Finally found my Chemex recipe! I always felt like I was over extracting my coffee ever since getting a Chemex a couple of months ago. I did this method with a 1ZPresso JX grinder with two full rotations. Perfect!

[@Bauderjoh]

oh interesting, id say coase with the jx is more like 2.5-3 rotations - for the james hoffmann recepie for v60 and chemex im in the range of 2-2.5 rotations

[@nindythelittlebarista]

great recipe...would love to try one day

[@brewedwithlove4130]

Very nice - thanks for sharing! Guess time to get a Chemex :-)

[@garys9718]

I went with the 10 cup chemex, I like my coffee ☕️ 😋

[@EarthbendR]

Thanks for the great video! Just have a couple questions from a newbie. When you start the 500g pour, are you including the initial 100g first pour in that, or do we zero out that first pour. Second, every time I hit the desired weight and remove the filter and grounds from the chemex, I end up with less weight in coffee for which the recipe calls. Example, for a 500g recipe I wind up with 377g of coffee after I remove the filter/grounds. What might I be doing incorrectly? Thanks for any help you have to offer!!

[@Cenyon]

I would imagine the first 100g is included in the 500g total. That’s what I’ve always seen on other brewing videos and recipes from the cafes and roasters I like.

[@jayd2535]

Total. Including the initial.

[@alwaysdialingin5413]

Thanks for the video ! Makes me feel to use it again (I need to find where I put it first lol) What about "The best Moka Pot recipe" ? ;) Ive been hesitating to get one for a while..

[@superjablko]

Can you tell how many clicks on comondante do you recommend?

[@TreR90]

If Varg got into black coffee instead of black metal... But for real, this was a very helpful video.

[@leonardyhuang5085]

Can this recipe be used for Saint Anthony's Phoenix 70? Since the paper thickness is quite similar IMO

[@paulfogarty7724]

Here in Ireland it's the latest trendiest thing 😄

[@CreamyDrummer]

Hi! Was wondering, what is your opinion on the 40/60 method?

[@coffeewithapril]

We will answer that question via our Patreon, www.patreon.com/patrikrolf

[@timothybracken1728]

Can't wait to see a v60 version of this!

[@deedallah8243]

Why use 30 grams of coffee did you use the brew chat ratio..what is the size of your cup?

[@Photologix]

Thank u jesus!

[@kalaribabak9006]

Nice,can i swirl chemex for better blooming?

[@mariai9549]

Chemex is such a finicky brewer depending on coffee I hardly ever use it. I find many coffees that don't taste as good on it vs V60 or Aeropress. Almost like it doesnt bring out flavor but takes it out of the coffee.

[@noahdwhitney]

Just out of curiosity, have you ever tried a chemex using the same grind and recipe you use on the v60, but with a longer overall time ? I used to think chemex was too bright and clean until I stopped grinding so coarse and instead shooting for a longer drawdown.

[@davidlogan2682]

@@noahdwhitney My opinion is that (for coarse grind settings) it is better/I don't want to go below 700ml for a chemex, unless I wanted to use the smaller/narrow glass version. The glass sides are steeper with it, made for smaller volumes, etc. So, if you grind much finer, as you stated, that might work better for the 500ml at 4 min. brew shown here because that may provide more flow resistance in the "bigger" glass chemex and mimick the 500ml of the smaller chemex.

[@kaheldan]

Blue Bottle dripper!

[@mariai9549]

what is so different about that brewer?

[@Mandragara]

What do you think of cutting the filter so you have two plies on both sides, rather than 1 and three? Waste of time?

[@coffeewithapril]

Interesting. Test it out and let us know how it goes.

[@Mrpourguy]

Coffee Jesus

[@garys9718]

Medium course is better, in my opinion

[@connorl5868]

Your recipe is different than 90% of others Chemex KZbin videos ! Instead of double, for 30 gr you are pouring 100 gr of water right away Instead in 2-3 phase pouring water, you are pouring all 400 gr at once Instead of 93c, your water temperature is at 96c Let me try...maybe it's working maybe not.