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I use a Chemex drip coffee maker and get pretty good results by halving the amount of grounds I use for subsequent cups. No idea about the caffeine content but
by angry_moose 4y ago
I use a Chemex drip coffee maker and get pretty good results by halving the amount of grounds I use for subsequent cups. No idea about the caffeine content but the taste is not noticeably different.
With my grinder, a 12 second grind gives a good first cup. For the second cup I keep the spent grounds in the filter and add another 6 second grind. If I go for 3, another 6 second grind.
That works out to a 25% or 33% savings depending on number of cups (18/24 seconds vs 24/36). I've never tried carrying them over day to day.
- vanilla_nut 4y agoFYI you can wash and reuse Chemex paper filters 2-5 times, in my experience, before they start to taste weird or fall apart. Considering how expensive and wasteful paper coffee filters can get, it's a nice optimization.
- feet 4y agoPersonally I have a metal filter for my pour over. Less waste
- 2muchcoffeeman 4y agoA decent metal filter that is really catching all the fines doesn’t last long. It will soon be clogged with fines. If you want to minimise waste, get an aeropress. Stick with the paper filters and use a soft clean toothbrush to clean the filter. You’ll notice that if you use the aeropress as a pour over, the draw down rate will stay consistently fast. The filters are much smaller and are good for at least 5 uses.
- feet 4y agoI just clean the filter regularly, it does drain a bit slow after a couple uses between thorough washes but it's still going strong after 3+ years
- vanilla_nut 4y agoYeah, not sure what the parent is talking about here... as long as you scrub decently or toss your metal filter in the dishwasher, fines won't be a big problem. Would you mind sharing the model of metal filter that you use? I've been looking for a good one for my Chemex, but I haven't been able to find any decent comparison reviews. If yours has lasted 3 years that sounds like a buy to me!
- anonuser123456 4y agoWhat kind of stoichiometric alchemy converts time to volume?
- angry_moose 4y agoMost coffee grinders have a large bean hopper on top that feed the grinding mechanism, and mine uses a power on timer that can be changed from 5-30 seconds. The grinder processes beans at what seems to be a pretty constant beans/second flow rate, and through trial and error I figured out that "X beans/second * 12 seconds = Y volume of ground coffee" makes a cup of coffee that I like. I've never bothered to figure out what "Y" actually equals, and the flow rate seems to stay constant enough that 12 seconds always works out to a good cup.