I love all things coffee but go cross-eyed and day-dream when researching water. I did rpavis water for a bit but fell off in favor of LM's suggestion of Crystal Geyser Salem Spring water. I can get them in 1 gallon at my local grocery for $1 per gallon. I use it both for brew...

As our water at home is extremely hard (29 to 31 fH degrees), we used for our Lelit Bianca a mix of bottled waters: Volvic and another local brand with few minerals, making a good combination in terms of TDS and minerals. Unfortunately, the local water got dismissed, and since I...

Wow. After a year of hovering elsewhere on HB I've stepped into the water thing and am truly humbled - there's like 17 more parameters to espresso I didn't know about!

Please can someone help with some newbie questions? Unfortunately I dropped chemistry fairly early in my...

Thanks for all of your help :)

I'd like to try alternatives to Third Wave Water for pour overs with light roast coffees, and can use advice on the best place to begin without getting overly lost into exponentially more variables (seems to be the trend with a coffee hobby :D )...

I thought it is time to open this thread. I think most of the backers received their packages, so maybe we can exchange observations maybe share new recipes etc.

So far I can say it is super simple to use and gives results a bit fruitier (subjectively) then my coffee brewed...

First, this is only for pour-over and not espresso. Espresso has other issues related to hardness (scale for one) that don't concern pour-over. I use carbon filtered tap water that is medium hard....160 ppm total hardness and relatively high alkalinity...120 ppm. For pour-overs...

I have just purchased a BWT bestmax for my water system. There is no water coming through.

It looks like the water is blocked. Am I supposed to make a hole in the inlet side so that water can pass through? Or is the non return valve dodgy?

Really need some.help

Thanks

Good morning everyone.

I can't count how many hours I've been on this forum in the last 3 weeks but I finally decided to make up a login and get in the action. I got a Breville Oracle Touch (BES990BSS1BUS1) for Christmas and I want to get the most of out it that I can. We have...

I researched this stuff a lot about 5 years back, but kind of forgot my methodology behind the calculations. I was just using this recipe, but since my new machine is in next week, thought it might be a good idea to double check.

Does this old recipe still look OK? Plugged it...

While I'm somewhat patiently (OK, not so patiently) waiting for my Linea Micra to arrive, I've been getting a few details sorted out. One detail is getting an easy process for making rpavlis water figured out. We have a whole-house water softener, and a Rayne Eradicator...