I want some coffee!

The new Berkey 'Royal' water filter is really everything it was said to be in terms of water taste. But the proof is in the cup and I was emphatically not impressed with the first taste of Colombia Timaná; C, however, thought it was great. When it comes to water, one of the things that can ruin a cup of good coffee is water that lacks minerals (think water softener). But the Berkey does not remove dissolved minerals from the water. And as good as it tastes I have to think that's right. We use #6 Melitta filters to drip our coffee (not this but close). I expected good things with the great water coming from the new Berkey. But to my taste the coffee was blah and I thought more acidy. Both C and I have years of using Melitta filters, in my case going back to about 1955. I remember reading the instructions that came with that porcelain filter holder telling the user to pour about 1/4 of the water to wet the coffee, let it sit about 45 sec, then slowly add the rest of the water...

We have used local tap water that has run thru a Brita filter for decades. We use it for drinking water, for brewing coffee and for cooking. One of those 'basics' I have taken for granted since my parents bought their first one sometime in the late 1970s. At that time my father didn't think Angels Camp had good tasting water. Redwood City where I lived had ok water but I tried one anyway and when I realized the Brita removed all that chlorine taste I was sold for life. Fast forward to 2017. C started having problems with her gut which got worse by the day. She struggled for months of gradually worsening discomfort and finally went to the doctor. She struggled another couple weeks waiting for lab results that came back positive for giardia. A few weeks later I started showing similar symptoms and went through the same treatment: 5 days of metronidazole then as many probiotics as I could choke down every day to get my gut back in working order. C took about 6 months to get ba...