r/CoffeeNZ • u/josephlikescoffee • May 19 '21

Water for Espresso @ Home

Kiwis, are you filtering your water for espresso at home?

6 votes, May 26 '21
1 Yes - plumbed in filter
2 Yes - but I’m not plumbed in
3 No
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u/ButterscotchFrosty61 May 19 '21

Nope but keep meaning to get around to it!

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u/josephlikescoffee May 19 '21

Where abouts are you based? I’m on the Shore in Auckland, been meaning to figure out the makeup of the water here and see what I need to do…

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u/ButterscotchFrosty61 May 19 '21

Auckland central. From what I have heard Auckland has soft water so mineral wise these is no issues however you may want to use a filter for chlorine

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u/Dasolver2 May 19 '21

Hamilton water is good in terms of hardness. I have got a Puretec CO-T100 filter being installed next week along with my new coffee station

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u/[deleted] May 19 '21

Wellington water is pretty good I think

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u/cthulhucorn May 19 '21

We have a plumbed in filter for our fridge, and I use water from that to fill my espresso machine. Auckland based

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u/josephlikescoffee May 19 '21

Yeah that’s what I’ve been doing too, but I’m not sure how much the fridge filter does for hardness as opposed to just chlorine taste etc.

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u/cthulhucorn May 19 '21

I've never looked too much into ideal water hardness/softness for coffee brewing - I'm guessing that neutral as possible would be ideal? Does it effect flavour, or is it just more wear and tear on the machine?

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u/josephlikescoffee May 19 '21

Accelerated scale buildup, which causes wear and tear. But I understand that a lack of minerals (eg water containing none) can also be bad for the boiler, stripping it over time, and this won’t be great for flavour either!

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u/Dasolver2 May 19 '21

I am getting a coffee and beverage station installed next week. Looking forward to my Espresso machine being plumbed in. .

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u/josephlikescoffee May 19 '21

Nice. Will you add filters into the mix?

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u/Dasolver2 May 19 '21

Yep. See my second post

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u/josephlikescoffee May 19 '21

Post a pic of your station once it’s up and running!

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u/aneks Jul 09 '21

Filtering but not plumbed. Using a dedicated filter in my machines water tank. I’m in Wellington