Tried a pour-over with tap water and it actually wasn't bad

I’ve been using filtered water for years for my morning coffee, convinced tap water would ruin it. Yesterday my filter ran out and I was too lazy to go to the store, so I just used straight tap water from my sink in Cincinnati. The coffee came out fine, maybe a tiny bit flat tasting, but not the disaster I expected. Has anyone else noticed a smaller difference between water sources than they thought there would be?

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scott.miles2d ago

Man, people get way too worked up about coffee water. I think half the time it's just snobbery. Try it with some genuinely bad tap water from a place with hard water, then get back to me. Unless you're using some fancy single origin bean that costs 40 bucks a bag, I bet you can't tell the difference in a blind taste test.

sarah_hart2d ago

Buddy tried bottled water once, said it tasted the same.

gavin6922d ago

Totally feel you on this one, man.