Why does Starbucks coffee taste different brewed at home than in the store?

[gemgirl]

I found out, as did my sister and my SIL when we all moved from the city to various different places, that the way coffee tastes depends on three different things. The coffee grinds themselves, the water, and the type of pot or brewing system you''re using.

My SIL moved from the city to upstate and she was never able to make a palitable cup of coffee again because her new water was well water and it tasted awful. Supposedly it was purified blahblahblah, but it tasted like gack

. My sister and I moved from the city to L.I. , she wouldn''t give up her Mr. Coffee drip system and I wouldn''t give up my Farberware electro-perk, we bought lots of brands before we got the taste right with L.I. water.

We temporarily switched to Kangen water, a high alkaline water, and that made the very worst cup of coffee of all! and that was supposed to be very healthy.

 

[Octavia]

Date: 6/27/2010 11:59:53 PM
Author: Dee*Jay
Octavia - holy cow! That''s a TON of coffee per cup!

It is, but the coffee tastes SO GOOD! Cold brew is sweeter and smoother than hot brew, even using exactly the same beans. And the concentrate is quite strong, so you get several cups of coffee from each batch -- so it kind of evens out to a normal amount of coffee per cup that you actually drink, as opposed to cup of concentrate (unless you''re crazy like me and take it neat

).

 

[stone-cold11]

Do not like starbucks coffee either. Prefer coffee brewed back home in Singapore coffee shop.