Tagged: water hardness

What Your Tap Water Does to a Cup of Assam

Two households can brew the same tin of Assam, the same weight of leaf, the same boil, and still end up with two different cups. The variable is the calcium and magnesium already in the water, not the tea, before the kettle ever gets involved.

The Standard on Briskness

Briskness is the word this office certifies every cup on, and it names something exact, not a vibe: a live, bright character in the liquor that the trade can put a number on. What the word means, the formula behind it, and what raises or dulls it, cup by cup.