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Post by chris on Sept 6, 2019 18:33:14 GMT -5
I have a Britta but stopped using it since I could not taste any difference in coffee made with or without filtered water. I cannot taste any difference in bottled or tap water either. LOL Maybe they have filters already installed here which I doubt and if they do I am sure filters have not been changed since the building was built. Same here. I have Brita never noticed difference. I drink water straight out of the tap. (Not a big water drinker anyways). I bought the Brita for the coffee maker cause I heard it made your coffee taste better but never noticed a dif there either.
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Post by Clipper on Sept 6, 2019 20:30:46 GMT -5
I guess it is a matter of preference Chris. Filtered water saves a lot on mineral build up in your coffee maker and I do think it tastes better without the chlorinated water. I am a country boy at heart and always preferred the well water that we have had up North on the lake and around Newport when I was growing up. I never did get used to city water. When Kathy and I lived in N. Utica I used bottled water to drink and make coffee.
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Post by BHU on Sept 6, 2019 21:21:08 GMT -5
I can definately taste the diference with this filter. Coffee is better & the filteted water to me just has a cleaner taste. When I was working we had a water cooler with bottled water, so I can taste the diference between Utica sludge & bottled/ filtered water. We use the filtered water for coffee, drinking & ice cubes then switch to non filtered for doing dishes. What concerns me about Utica water is even though the water is treated downstream from Hinckley, what condition are the supply lines in that enter homes? Or am I overreacting?
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Post by kit on Sept 7, 2019 6:20:56 GMT -5
You're not overreacting BHU. The supply lines have a lot to do with water quality. I lived on Oxford Rd. in New Hartford for 60 years and the supply lines were very old and sometimes broke or needed repair. The water was often brown and always had a fairly undesirable taste because of build-up of some sort. Several people noticed it. I soon installed a Brita filter on the kitchen faucet and used it for all water that eventually went into my body or was used in my photography business for mixing chemicals. I'm glad I did. It's not just dirt that needs to be filtered out, but certain metals and especially some pathogens that can make people sick.
The people who provide your tap water do their best to make sure it's as clean as possible, but sometimes that's not enough, especially if the supply lines are old and have build-up. A Brita or PUR filter pitcher or faucet adapter, and the replacement cartridges, are well worth the price in the long run.
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Post by Clipper on Sept 7, 2019 7:01:42 GMT -5
One big difference that we noted is that the Keurig doesn't need to be descaled with vinegar as often. We obviously have some sort of minerals in our water that builds scale over a period of time. No telling what the filter is actually removing. I just feel comfortable that the filter is saving us from consuming things that we don't need to consume.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2019 9:26:12 GMT -5
I have never descaled my Mr. Coffee machine or my Brentwood espresso machine since I bought them. And they are old. I doubt I have any scale problem caused by minerals in water.
Just for the sake of it I made two pots of coffee this morning. One with Britta water and another with tap water. I could not taste any difference what so ever. LOL
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Post by Clipper on Sept 7, 2019 9:56:58 GMT -5
You didn't notice any difference but you must be wired for sound after drinking two pots of coffee, haha.
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Post by clarencebunsen on Sept 7, 2019 10:16:38 GMT -5
I think I remember most water supply lines (including those in homes) have a permanent biofilm. St. Luke's had a problem once when construction dislodged the film on a supply line to the cancer unit. Legionella was detected in the water. The standard for a chemo patient is nothing detectable. They had to use bottled water until the supply line was pressure cleaned with steam.
We normally use a pour over coffee maker. The water is boiled in a tea kettle and I pour 16 oz of water to get back 15 oz of coffee. I assume all bacteria killed and chlorine boiled off in the tea kettle. Mineral deposits do build up in the kettle. I believe we are on our second one since we got married.
We did buy a new coffee maker last month since we had visitors coming. No build up in that one yet,
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2019 10:27:54 GMT -5
I just looked inside my tea kettle and no noticeable build up of anything. I will boil some water now then dump it and wait till Sunday with anticipation to observe if any mineral deposits are present. I think my kettle is about 10 or 12 years old. I will have to look on the receipt I saved.
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Post by Clipper on Sept 7, 2019 10:29:12 GMT -5
Verona's water had so much lime in it that if you let the tea kettle go without emptying it completely and rinsing it out, it would form pebbles and shaking it would sound like a moraca. I think some of that was remedied with new additional wells, and a filtration system when the Oneida's hooked into the system for the casino and hotel.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2019 10:29:21 GMT -5
You didn't notice any difference but you must be wired for sound after drinking two pots of coffee, haha. lol it is decaf coffee I drink that is the morning and regular coffee at night.
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Post by chris on Sept 20, 2019 15:05:37 GMT -5
Personally I shake my head when I see people buying water to drink. Most of the Spring water is probably tap water anyway. Unless the water you have in your tap is so bad you can't safely drink it I don't see any justification of people spending their $ dollars on bottled water unless you are traveling maybe. (Not to mention all the plastic polluting the planet)
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Post by Clipper on Sept 21, 2019 11:48:13 GMT -5
Going back to your comment about drinking decaf coffee PB. I never drink decaf but the other night after the bowling tournament we went to Perkin's with some friends. The waitress brought me decaf by accident. It is just not for me. One sip was all I could handle of that stuff. Coffee without caffeine is like beer without the alcohol, or turkey bacon, or a vegetable based hamburger. Everything I enjoy with a hot cup of black coffee simply isn't there. Kathy keeps a jar of Tasters Choice decaf for when she wants coffee in the late evening. She uses cream in her coffee. She loves instant coffee. I only drink brewed coffee and I drink my coffee black so the decaf instant simply tastes like bitter brown water to me.
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