Third Wave WaterClassic Light Roast For Brewing The Best Coffee, Classic Profile, 12 Single Gallon Sticks, As Seen On Shark Tank

I just made the best tasting home espresso ever ! Same beans, settings, machine. This Third Wave Water made a noticeable difference. ( You must use distilled or reverse osmosis water). As South Florida has the second worst tasting water in the U.S. (very hard), I was actually shocked this made such a difference. I have always used a good reverse osmosis machine (Bluevua Lite), but never experienced this sort of difference. Wish I could give it 6 or more stars. Buy with confidence. ( I stupidly let this sit quite a while before using, don't be like me.). Enjoy !! Update: At the risk of being honest to sound somewhat idiotic, I realize I did tamp more. I have a very heavy distributor that was touted as a combination tamper, and I'm realizing maybe it only tamps the upper area of the puck...So, I made another shot without the additional tamp and it wasn't quite as good. Still better, but only one or two wows. Sill worthwhile. Ordering another better, straight tamper.

Good product but too concentrated. Make sure you purchase a TDS meter to go along with these packets. It's a little hard to see in the photo but using 1 gallon RO water + 1 packet gives me about 190 PPM concentration. This is considerably higher than the ideal 150 PPM for optimal brew. As you can see, this is not a reason I would downgrade it from 5*, if anything consider it a gift that will last longer than advertised since it makes more than a gallon per packet. You just need to have a meter on hand to check. Don't worry, the company sells these cheap so I doubt it's a ploy to get you to buy more stuff from them.

I always use this to prepare my water for pulling shots. Great quality item from a good company.

Hi. I live on a few acres outside of town and are on a well. The water is hard so I've taken to distilling my well water and then using it for our coffee and tea. What I like about this Third Water Mineral Packets is that they come in individual packets. 1 packet per gallon. I can do that. I like the way it helps my (distilled) water to have any sort of taste. I make 1 or 2 latte's every day as well as a pot of tea. I like how this helps me to have a better tasting cup of coffee and tea.

Works well at making coffee less bitter.

I mixed this per the instructions with distilled water. It has a pH buffer that effectively reduces acidity but the result is an unbalanced espresso that is salty and way too thick. Espresso is already a thick beverage so making it even thicker is like tone on tone: it’s unbalanced, heavy.This might go unnoticed in milk drinks but it’s not very tasty as a straight 1:2 espresso. The saltiness gives a false impression of minerality and while the salt may play well with the sugars of milk (the espresso was still too salty for me diluted 1:1 with milk), it’s overwhelming in a straight espresso.There are possibilities here. I was optimistic and really wanted to try this for remote tastings where we all start with the same water, but this formulation isn't right for me.Edit: My tastes adjusted to the ‘Espresso’ formulation after going through a gallon of it but I feel the ‘Classic’ profile is better. It’s generally less assertive. I want to taste the coffee not the water. I’ll probably continue to use the ‘Classic’ profile.I don’t recall if the company makes any claims about using these sachets for tea but as a tea somme I can say that good teas don’t have the pH issues that specialty coffees have. A better solution for tea would be to use a natural spring water with a low to moderate TDS and unobtrusive flavor.

I was skeptical that this would actually improve the taste of my coffee, but I was pleasantly surprised. I can't compare it to other similar products, but compared to just using filtered tap water and descaling, this is a noticeable improvement in both workflow (not needing to descale) and taste. I will be reordering.

I really wanted to love this product. But as it stands now, there are way too many issues and unknowns related to product instructions and contents to remain a customer. After a few gallons of use, a lot of *not great* things happened to my machine:1) My water tank didn't feed water into the boilers correctly2) My grouphead started spitting out steam instead of a steady stream of water3) My steam wand lost pressure4) The hot water tap dispensed cloudy water with flecks of "something" inside (looked silverish)I spent over two hours with my retailer to resolve the problem. Here's where I think things went wrong:1) The TWW packet needs time to dissolve (e.g. don't just put the packet into the gallon, swish around, and expect that the minerals are completely dissolved and ready to be put into the water tank)2) The dissolving process needs to be refined (putting a packet of minerals into a full gallon of distilled water does not create a great environment to create a completely mixed, consistent, dissolved solution)3) I spoke to someone from the company who told me that the TDS target was 150mg/L (this isn't on the packaging anywhere) and I still don't know how much Calcium they're adding to my boilers (too much? too little?)It's a great product in concept, but needs a lot of work for the end customer. AND it's pricey. 15 gallons of water for $15 PLUS the cost of distilled water for minerals that you can buy from a natural food store for pennies.