Stumptown’s Chemex for sharing
Large-batch brewing with a thick paper filter and three water additions.

Credited method. Independent guide.
Method by Stumptown Coffee Roasters. CupClarity independently wrote the instructions and drew the diagrams. No affiliation or endorsement is implied.
Source checkpoints are 0:45, 1:45 and approximately 4:00. The final pour/drain split is an interface estimate.
Your brew, your dose.
Water scales with coffee. Step times stay editable: larger batches do not automatically take proportionally longer.
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Enter water per step at the base dose of 42 g. Your selected dose scales these amounts automatically. Set a step to zero for waiting or pressing.
Before starting the timer
- Use an eight-cup Chemex and its bonded paper. Place the thicker side toward the spout, rinse and discard the water.
Source checkpoints are 0:45, 1:45 and approximately 4:00. The final pour/drain split is an interface estimate. Editing values creates your variation of the credited method.
Water input is not finished drink yield. This recipe is limited to 700 g of water; check your brewer’s usable capacity.
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- 01
Bloom
Add 150 g Scale target: 150 gStart timing, wet all grounds and stir gently to remove dry pockets.
- 02
Second pour
Add 300 g Scale target: 450 gAt 0:45 pour gently toward the next scale target, keeping space below the rim.
- 03
Final pour
Add 250 g Scale target: 700 gAt 1:45 start the final pour. Never overfill the filter.
- 04
Drain
Allow drainage; remove the filter around four minutes as appropriate for actual flow.
Make the experiment useful.
- Large-batch brewing with a thick paper filter and three water additions.