I was making my morning coffee wrong for years until my friend in Seattle pointed out the water.

I always just used tap water straight from the faucet. My friend came to visit, watched me make a pot, and said, 'You're using that? No wonder your coffee tastes flat.' He made me try it with filtered water from the fridge, and the difference was huge. The flavors in my beans actually came out. I felt so silly. How many of you actually pay attention to your water source?

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jana_black2mo ago

Seriously, I read that most of what's in your cup is water, so it makes sense it matters. My old apartment had terrible water and everything tasted off. Now I just use a cheap filter pitcher and it's a total game changer.

cole_flores441mo ago

Filter pitchers are the move for sure. I moved from a place with soft well water to a city with heavy chlorine treated water and my coffee tasted like a swimming pool at first. Picked up a Brita and it fixed it instantly, plus no more scale buildup in the kettle. Your beans and grind still matter most but bad water can absolutely ruin a good batch. Sometimes you just gotta adapt to what's coming out of your tap.

shane_hayes2mo ago

My uncle ran a diner for thirty years and his coffee was the best in town. He used straight tap water from an old metal sink and people came back for it every day. All this talk about water filters feels like making a simple thing way too hard. Good coffee is about fresh beans and knowing how to brew it, not chasing some perfect water recipe.

davidkim2mo ago

Shane_hayes has a point about old diner coffee, but our tap water here is so hard it leaves scale in the kettle.