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TDS, Chemex and London’s terrible water

By James Hoffmann | Published: January 3, 2008

So thanks to the lovely people at Bunn I have a couple of TDS meters and have begun to poke them into various coffee drinks. The first thing that upset me was just how hard London’s water is. Out of the tap I get 410ppm, which is pretty hard. This means it is not ideal [...]

Posted in Coffee, Opinion | Also tagged brewing, bunn, chemex, Coffee, experiments, tds | 12 Comments

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