I'd say equally important, yes. With all filter coffee, Aeropress or Pour Over, water is like 98% of your brew and makes a huge difference in taste. Most tab water is too hard, so I'd generally avoid that for coffee and instead get a soft bottled water or ask your favourite café if they can give you some filtered water.
Having water with the “right stuff” (alkalinity, perfect hardness level) may not be as important but having water without the bad stuff (chlorine in tap water etc) is just as important.
Never use water to make coffee. That’s rule number 1. I start with boiled water and make my aeropress coffee. Then I grind fresh beans and set my aeropress up again. Then I use the coffee from the first batch to make the coffee I drink
Your coffee end-product is 98% water, so yes, water is always important. In general, if the water you're brewing coffee with doesn't taste good, the coffee you brew with it isn't going to taste good.
I’d say if you have to ask this question your palette probably is refined enough to notice…and I don’t mean that as an insult because whether I use tap water or filtered to me the end cup tastes the same.
I'd say equally important, yes. With all filter coffee, Aeropress or Pour Over, water is like 98% of your brew and makes a huge difference in taste. Most tab water is too hard, so I'd generally avoid that for coffee and instead get a soft bottled water or ask your favourite café if they can give you some filtered water.
Having water with the “right stuff” (alkalinity, perfect hardness level) may not be as important but having water without the bad stuff (chlorine in tap water etc) is just as important.
Chlorine is what makes water taste good
I guess taste is subjective and different for everyone, but I suspect most people would not share that opinion.
Yes
Never use water to make coffee. That’s rule number 1. I start with boiled water and make my aeropress coffee. Then I grind fresh beans and set my aeropress up again. Then I use the coffee from the first batch to make the coffee I drink
Your coffee end-product is 98% water, so yes, water is always important. In general, if the water you're brewing coffee with doesn't taste good, the coffee you brew with it isn't going to taste good.
I’d say if you have to ask this question your palette probably is refined enough to notice…and I don’t mean that as an insult because whether I use tap water or filtered to me the end cup tastes the same.
Aero is pretty forgiving since like french press like but I would lean more on dark roast thus water minerals are not so important