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How does water actually affect your coffee?
The flavour of your coffee is influenced by multiple factors, but they all account only for 10% of your cup’s content, while the rest of 90% will be what? Water!
How about tap or filtered water?
Your water’s mineral content is predetermined by the area you live in. Moreover, even the conventional filtration techniques perform very inconsistently, and do not filter out everything. For example, they filter out only part of the minerals from your tap water, therefore two different households will get two differently tasting waters, even if filtered by the same conventional product.
What does water do?
The mineral content of your brewing water greatly influences how your coffee tastes. Not only because your espresso is around 90% water, but also because how your coffee’s flavour notes interact with the minerals in your water. It doesn’t matter how good your beans and equipment are, or how skilled of a barista you have become. If the mineral content is not suitable for your coffee type, then your coffee will never taste as intended.
Brewing water hardness
These minerals are essential for flavour perception. The right balance ensures a vibrant, clear cup. Too much or too little can lead to emptiness, dullness, murkiness or bitterness.
Brewing water bicarbonate level
Acts as a buffer, balancing the acidity during brewing. Improper levels can make coffee taste flat, chalky, or overly sour.
For more information please check out our blog post about the topic.
So how is this small pouch with some joy-inducing powder the solution for all your problems?
When designing our water for Classic Espresso, we used as an example the best soft mineral waters suitable for the precious beans carefully roasted dark, Italian or Turkish. This will help you to enhance creamier body, capture their specific bold flavour notes, while also going to balance out their acidity into a more enjoyable level. Our water is very similar to the waters the best roasters use for this specific type of coffee. Therefore, you can be sure that you shall taste your coffee just the way it was intended.
How to use it?
You want to easily improve your espresso’s flavour with a designated espresso brewing water? Then just open the sachet, pour its content into your bottle (2l or 5l), pour demineralized, distilled or reverse osmosis water in it, then shake until it’s fully mixed.
You can also check out our Espresso guide HERE, Automatic Espresso guide HERE and Moka guide HERE!
We really hope you enjoy our product!
Can I dissolve it in filtered water?
No, filtered water does not completely demineralize your water, and does not provide consistent performance either. Which means its taste will still depend on your original tap water and the filter’s lifecycle. We can recommend our Zero Water Jugs as an easy and more environment friendly way to demineralize your tap water at home.
Can I drink it by itself?
Our product is similar to very soft mineral waters, therefore it is safe to consume by itself.
Can I mix it in any bottle?
We do not recommend mixing the 2l versions in used plastic bottles, because they still contain the odour of their previous content. Our 5l pouches can be dissolved in a 5l distilled water canister. In order to minimize plastic consumption and make your coffee corner more decorative we recommend our glass bottles.
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