Why Water Matters
98% of your Coffee is Water
Which means water isn’t background — it’s the foundation of flavour in your cup.
The minerals in water don’t extract “more” coffee, they change how we perceive it: clarity, sweetness, body, balance.
If you care about improving the taste of your coffee, you have to care about water.
Every cup of coffee is a balance of water and ground coffee. While the coffee brings the flavours, water determines how those flavours show up on your palate.
Minerals in water change the structure, texture and clarity of taste by increasing the perception of acidity, rounding body, muting or highlighting sweetness.
More specifically, specific combinations of ions work together to influence different attributes of coffee.
Grind size and water: How to find the perfect balance?
Minerals certainly impact how we perceive flavour, texture, and balance once the coffee hits our palate.
Now, when you connect your mineral content with grind size, you start to see a fascinating correlation.
Feeling overwhelmed by all the water science? We’ve got you!
We’ve done all the hard work for you, and designed our mineral concentrates to be instinctively simple to tune your water to the perfect balance!
We think about our minerals like food seasoning:
- Your coffee lacks some brightness and acidity? Add a couple drops of TONIK.
- Feel like increasing roundness and sweetness? Add a couple drops of JAMM.
- Your coffee would shine with more floral notes and a silky texture? Add a couple drops of LYLAC.
