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Blooming coffee involves allowing CO2 to escape from the grounds, and while 30-45 seconds is a common recommendation, extending the bloom time can enhance extraction. Coffee expert Umeko Motoyoshi suggests that blooming for up to ten minutes can improve flavor without negative effects. Ultimately, the key is to wait until the bubbles subside before concluding the bloom, with longer times generally yielding better results.

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Bloom 4

Blooming coffee involves allowing CO2 to escape from the grounds, and while 30-45 seconds is a common recommendation, extending the bloom time can enhance extraction. Coffee expert Umeko Motoyoshi suggests that blooming for up to ten minutes can improve flavor without negative effects. Ultimately, the key is to wait until the bubbles subside before concluding the bloom, with longer times generally yielding better results.

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How Long Should You Bloom Coffee?

A few coffee folks have tips for improving your coffee bloom and thoroughly saturating the
bed and letting all the CO2 out of your ground coffee. Many recipes recommend agitating
your coffee bloom by sticking a spoon or stirring stick right into the grounds and giving it a
good stir. James Hoffmann, on his popular coffee YouTube channel, has a V60
technique where he encourages people to swirl their brewers to ensure even saturation. But
none of these techniques really answer the question of time: How long should you bloom
your coffee? 

In general, you should wait until all the bubbles are done creeping out the top of your brew
bed, and while you can bloom your coffee for too short of a time, there’s really no limit to how
long you can bloom. 

In the article Measuring Coffee Extraction and Why It Makes People Mad, coffee expert
Umeko Motoyoshi proposes that you try extending your bloom, something that became
colloquially known as the “long ass bloom” on social media and Reddit. Motoyoshi suggests
blooming a coffee for a really long time (as long as ten minutes) to increase extraction. “For
some reason, this suggestion really makes coffee people lose their minds—but blooms do
not have to be 30-45 seconds. You can bloom a coffee for 3 minutes. You can bloom it for 10
minutes,” they write. “Nothing explodes. Increasing bloom time will almost always increase
extraction, and it can taste really delicious too.” 

So I decided to try that out as well. 


Serious Eats / Ashely Rodriguez

I extended the bloom for three minutes, and on tasting, I did notice more sweetness in the
cup, particularly in the finish, but I’m not sure it was enough for me to justify this as an
everyday technique. What's important is that it doesn’t seem like there’s an upper time limit
on blooming: You should aim for it to be longer rather than shorter, and only once you see
the bubbles start to fizzle out is it usually a good time to end your bloom. Forty-five seconds
is a good rule of thumb, but if your coffee is very fresh or darker roasted, which equates to
having more CO2, you can try extending the bloom longer.

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