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I do believe that filtered water can improve the taste of coffee and tea and personally I use filtered water when possible when making either beverage. However I think it should...read more
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I can admit it - I am a coffee snob. I used to not care. I could use any ground roast that had been on my grocer's shelves in its metal can for some unknown length of time an...read more
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by Ron Busby
Water in its natural state has one purpose, to absorb everything it comes into contact with. The problem is that water molecules will only absorb so much, and they become full. ...read more
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Writing as a semi-experienced Starbuck's barista for several months now, I can definitely say that filtered water has a large and positive effect on the taste of tea, or at leas...read more
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by T J Neale
It depends on the quality of water coming out of your tap. Filtering our tap water definitely improves the taste of our food, tea and coffee. It also prevents kettles and the co...read more
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By adding filtered water the reduction in bacteria in the coffee and tea drink is improved by having a cleaner and cleaner mix of water and coffee/tea. A lot here depends on the...read more
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This question has several implications. When I answer yes I'm saying filtered water always improves the taste of coffee and tea. Since I do not believe that, then I do not think...read more
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by Stacey Fox
Yes, I have to say yes to this question. I have 18 years experience as a professional Barista and 10 years as the owner of coffee houses. It has been my experience that the...read more
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The water where I live is larded with lime and other chemicals, plus city-added chlorine. Besides not being healthy, the water simply does not taste or smell good. Using a fil...read more
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Using filtered water does improve the taste of coffee and tea. When one uses water to make these beverages, the taste is going to be effected by any elements that are in the dri...read more
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&nb sp;Water is very powerful stuff. It is so powerful it can even be ignited-with a bit of persuasive electricity. The tensile strength of water a...read more
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by snowglobe
I grew up in upstate New York where there was a high concentration of lime in our water but the taste did not bother me. I guess I was just use to it. We actually had some stre...read more
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Hey, I'm a coffee lover. I'd probably drink it even if it were made from seawater and dripped through a sock if it really came down to it. But for me, at the very least, a kit...read more
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by Bill Whitney
Filtered water definitely makes a big difference in the taste of tea and it makes a difference in the gourmet coffees more than it does in the standard old Folgers and Maxwell H...read more
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by Raven Lebeau
It depends. (There, I said it. We all knew it was coming. Now it's out. Whew.) I used to think anyone who felt himself too good to drink tap water must be a deluded egoma...read more
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by Anima Mundi
I do believe that some filtered water makes for better tea or coffee, but I have to admit that the question is a subjective one. Taste is a personal thing and just because I thi...read more
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Yes. I agree! What can be better if you filtered your water? Anytime you filtered something at least you are reducing the bad stuff. It might not be the best you can do but...read more
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Coffee and tea get their flavor from two things. The first is the plant material used to brew the beverage and the second is the water used to brew the beverage. Many people are...read more
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by Ethel Smith
Although it really does depend on the quality of your tap water, I think that overall filtered water does improve the taste of coffee, and especially tea. Perhaps it is because ...read more
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After recently moving from Arkansas to the Dallas, Texas area, I have to argue for filtered water in my tea and coffee. I have never been the snooty, bottled water guru, but no...read more
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by Alex Kee
No, because water is just the universal solvent to extract the essence of the flavors from ground coffee beans and tea leaves or dust. The solvent therefore ought not improv...read more
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by Liz Roberts
Maybe I'm dense or not as sophisticated as I thought. I can't really tell if coffee or tea has filtered water in it or not. To be honest there's not that much difference between...read more
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by John Davis
Unless you live in Guada-the-heck-are-we-doing -here, chances are your tap water is decent. By that, I mean it's relatively free of impurities and the smell is okay (for the most...read more
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If it matters, we're witnessing and party to the largest wholescale scam ever perpetrated upon mankind. So, it's good it really doesn't matter. If there's an H, an O, followed b...read more
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by Duane Kuehn
IT'S THE OTHER WAY AROUND Why take the long road when the path to the well is the way to go? Filtering removes many minerals and particles that actually add and en...read more
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No. And yes, at the same time. lol. While coffee is filtered, before it hits your' cup, it also tends to bring along the characteristics of the water it started as. A cup of c...read more
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by Anita Waites
In "my" opinion filtered water tastes "much" better when filtered, and cleared from "all" impurities, however, when it comes to "saying" it makes a difference to the flavor of "...read more
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The only difference between tap water and filtered water is psychological. You feel like filtered water should taste better because its, well, filtered. All the propaganda tha...read more
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Since there is no "maybe" choice I will say no, barely by like field goal. A caffeine hyped coffee guru might tell you that one of a few simple aspects to brewing the perfe...read more
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Has anyone here ever been to Waco, TX? Ever drank the water while down there? Tasted like cow poop didn't it? While I lived in Waco for several years if I was going...read more
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No the filtered water really wouldn't have a drastic effect on the quality of coffee. I own a small coffee shop and I can honestly say the real thing that affects the taste of t...read more
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by Chad Trahan
Usually, no. Here's why: There are three reasons that the difference between tap water and filtered water make a noticeable difference in the taste of coffee or tea. First, the ...read more
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This totally depends on the water you get from your tap. If you live in an area where the tap water has a really dirty taste, then filtering it will have a positive effect. The ...read more
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by Laney Mammon
I don't believe that filtered water improves the taste of coffee, given that any elements in water that could be filtered out would be boiled out by a coffee maker. Tap water f...read more
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