So, this is a bit of an unannounced project, but for the past few months I've been doing a very long term test on the quality of water used for coffee, and solutions available for the home consumer.
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So, this is a bit of an unannounced project, but for the past few months I've been doing a very long term test on the quality of water used for coffee, and solutions available for the home consumer.
We have a good RO water system built into our main kitchen sink, but I disengaged it 3 months ago, and have been using a variety of water filter systems. A dedicated notebook is in the kitchen to take the occasional notes on it all.
There's a clear winner emerging, but it's not the cheapest solution.
That is BWT's Aqualizer system, and specifically their zinc+magnesium filters.
Not only does it clean out the worst of hard water / weird tasting water effects, but it swaps scale building calcium for magnesium, and add zinc to your water, resulting in cleaner espresso machines requiring less descaling.
Big article coming soon.
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@coffeegeek @coffee @espresso Looking forward to this. We have hard water, and I'd love a better filter system.
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@LizN This is the system I've settled on; it's not the cheapest, but the zinc + mag filters are fantastic.
BWT AQUAlizer 2.6 L Pitcher with Illuminated Baselight and Zinc + Magn
The BWT AQUAlizer with Zinc and Magnesium cartridges is an attractive modern water pitcher with an intuitive baselight to alert you when it's time to change your water filter. When used with BWT Magnesium or Zinc and Magnesium Mineralization Cartridges, the AQUAlizer produces delicious drinking water that will not produce limescale in your espresso machine.
Whole Latte Love (www.wholelattelove.com)