2006-10-28 14:30:14 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
Why do you??
2006-10-28 14:31:01 · update #1
cold
2006-10-28 14:33:41 · answer #1 · answered by nice and steady 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you are using an electric coffee pot like a Mr Coffee or Bunn use water right out of the cold water faucet. It doesn't have to cold but just out of cold water faucet. The coffee maker works better if it's not hot water. Plus it saves energy by not taking hot water out of the water heater in your home. The coffee pot will heat the water to the right temperature for the coffee to turn out right.
2006-10-28 21:57:04 · answer #2 · answered by Hinny 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is better to use cold water if you are using bottled water. If you are using tap water it is better to use water out of the hot water side if you don't have a water softener because of the lime content of tap water. Lime is in all water and it will stick in the water heater to the heating element for the most part, so most of the lime is left behind unless your using a gas water heater. Have you ever noticed that your coffee maker dosent work well after a while? That's because lime has clogged your coffee maker because lime will stick to a very hot spot. To clean out your coffee pot just put in some vinegar and turn it on until it just starts to spit out vinegar and then shut it off for about an hour, then run the vinegar out of your coffee maker and run a full run of water through it and the yuckie stuff that comes out is the lime buildup. There is also rust and sulfur in some water so all of this will hamper the taste of your coffee. I hope this will help with your decision! Also If your car is in need of water in its radiator it is better to use distilled water that you can get at the store because of the same reason, the lime has stuck to the thermostat in you car and it makes it stick at the first sign of cold weather. Have you ever noticed people with their hoods up and steam coming out? That's the reason!
2006-10-28 21:59:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
1/4 cold, 3/4 hot. Try it yourself!
Water temperature is crucial to the proper extraction of flavor from the ground coffee. The recommended brewing temperature of coffee is 93 °C (199.4 °F). Any cooler and some of the solubles that make up the flavor will not be extracted. If the water is too hot, some undesirable elements will be extracted, adversely affecting the taste, especially in bitterness.
2006-10-28 21:39:29 · answer #4 · answered by ♥♥Pro♥♥ 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I use cold, why bother making it hot if the coffee pot will do that for you?
2006-10-28 21:48:26 · answer #5 · answered by trs_shortie9 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I use cold water but you just gave me an idea, I'm going to start to use hot water instead because when the coffee pot brews the coffe it comes up kind of cold, thanks for the idea...
2006-10-28 21:52:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cold. Don't know why, just always have...may have read it on the coffee pot directions way back when.
2006-10-28 21:47:10 · answer #7 · answered by Curious George 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cold. I can't remember where I heard this, but supposedly, the coffee is apt to turn out less bitter if you use cold water.
2006-10-28 21:35:22 · answer #8 · answered by Wolfeblayde 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cold, right out of the tap. The heating element will take of the warming very nicely.
2006-10-28 21:36:16 · answer #9 · answered by chefgrille 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Water that is on the warm side, not Hot.
2006-10-28 21:48:11 · answer #10 · answered by Gardenfoot 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
cold my machine will not with hot water
2006-10-28 23:08:49 · answer #11 · answered by Stan the man 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋