Brewing Basics

Water quality directly affects the quality of your coffee. For automatic brewers, a water filtering system is recommended. All coffee equipment contains water solenoid valves, spray heads and heating elements which are susceptible to particulate clogging and scale/lime buildup...all of which affect the operation of the equipment and, naturally, the coffee taste.

Some desired filtration characteristics:

• Mechanical particle filtration at a minimum of 20-micron level.
• Active carbon filter to remove soluble organic chemicals, tastes, and odor causing compounds.
• Lime-scale inhibitors to keep calcium and magnesium in suspension.
• Six-month cartridge life-the minimum required for commercial use.