I don't think we're coffee freaks, but . . . Ian and Alan conducted lengthy time-delay tests on coffee this summer . . . I came home after a weekend away to find five brands of coffee, each with exactly one pots' worth taken out (Ian needed to be sure we weren't stuck in a rut. We weren't.) . . . sometimes at night I go to sleep anticipating the taste of my morning coffee . . .
All that aside, we have long felt that the water makes almost as much difference as the roast. Last Saturday we finally tested that theory, swapping out our hearty, chunky, fresh-from-the-lake water for a bottle of Dansai, and it really did make a difference! Lake of Bays water or bust!
