Had a week where every cup I made tasted like burnt toast and I think it was the water

Jake Martin · 2026-10-11T12:00:05.092874+00:00

So last week I made maybe 15 pour overs and 12 of them were straight up awful. I checked my grinder, my beans, my ratio, everything, and nothing fixed it. Then my buddy said his tap water in Austin got a weird chlorine thing going on after some pipe work nearby. I switched to bottled water and boom, first cup was back to normal. But now I'm wondering if I was just lucky or if water really matters that much. Do you all treat your water or just use tap? And if you treat it, what's the cheapest way to do it without buying gallons every week?

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