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The Best Commercial Water Filtration Systems for Coffee Shops

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The Filtered Truth: Why Your Coffee Shop Needs an Upgrade

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Sipping the perfect cup of coffee first thing in the morning can be life-changing. However, when that liquid elixir tastes off? It can spoil your day. For coffee shops, the challenge is to deliver the ultimate drink experience to customers — otherwise, they may choose to go to another cafe.

You can brew better-tasting drinks when investing in a commercial water filtration system. Filters provide cleaner, odor-free water, which can enhance the flavor of your coffee beans. Additionally, it helps minimize downtime, control maintenance costs, and preserve equipment performance.

Whether you're making an espresso, London fog, or Matcha latte, quality water filters for coffee can help elevate the overall drink experience.

 

The Coffee Shop Owner’s Guide to Water Filtration Systems

If you're searching for water filtration for coffee that'll take your brews up a notch, you’re in luck. The right filter can make a world of difference, helping you craft the perfect latte and put your coffee shop on the map.

  • Carbon filtration: Carbon filtration traps chlorine and organic contaminants using activated carbon. This feature can help improve the taste and smell of water used for coffee brewing.
  • Reverse osmosis: Reverse osmosis reduces a wide range of impurities, including minerals that can affect the taste of coffee. It uses pressure to force water through a semipermeable membrane.
  • Combination systems: Combination systems utilize multiple filtration methods, such as carbon filtration and reverse osmosis, to achieve optimal water quality for coffee brewing. This approach offers a good balance between removing impurities and preserving essential minerals.

How to Choose the Right Water Filtration System for Your Coffee Shop

Knowing what’s in your water is essential to ensure the best solution for your coffee shop. Here are a few key factors to consider:

  • Specific water quality needs: Test and analyze your water to identify specific contaminants that could impact your coffee's taste and aroma or harm your equipment.
  • Specialty Coffee Association (SCA): Compare your water testing results with the recommended SCA water specifications below.
 
  • Small shops (1 coffee or espresso equipment): Carbon filter or combination system. Consider an Everpure High Performance FC-System.
  • Medium shops (2 coffee or espresso equipment): Reverse Osmosis or combination system. The Everpure EZ-RO systems can support multiple pieces of equipment while providing additional benefits like a blending valve to add the proper minerals for optimum flavor extraction.
  • Large shops: Commercial-grade system with high flow rate. Look towards the Everpure MRS RO Systems or BWS RO Systems to provide multiple equipment filtration.
  • Compatibility: Ensure the water filter is compatible with your existing coffee machines.

Recommended solutions may vary depending on the equipment used, such as espresso, coffee brewer, ice machines, and cold brew equipment at your location. For consultation, don't hesitate to get in touch with Pentair Everpure Tech Service.

Investing in quality water filtration is a smart move for coffee shops that value great taste and happy customers. The right water filter doesn't just help you serve better-tasting coffee - it can also keep your equipment working at top speed.

Click here to download a FREE guide: “Brewing the Perfect Cup—Optimizing Water Quality for Specialty Coffee Operations.”

Check out our water filter solutions for commercial coffee applications. 

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