Use the Classic Profile (now called the Classic Light Roast Profile) for light to medium roast coffees. It is recommended for traditional drip coffee brewers (Keurig, Mr. Coffee, etc.) or any manual brewing method (AeroPress, chemex, V60, etc.) provi

<h1 style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-block: 0px 24px; margin-inline: 0px; scroll-margin-top: 84px; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(22, 22, 22); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" id="classic-profile-use-cases"><span style="font-family: Inter; font-size: 24px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Classic Profile Use Cases:</span></h1><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-block: 0px 24px; margin-inline: 0px; scroll-margin-top: 84px; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(22, 22, 22); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Inter; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Use the Classic Profile (now called the Classic Light Roast Profile) for light to medium roast coffees. It is recommended for traditional drip coffee brewers (Keurig, Mr. Coffee, etc.) or any manual brewing method (AeroPress, chemex, V60, etc.) providing brighter, cleaner flavors and higher acidity.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-block: 0px 24px; margin-inline: 0px; scroll-margin-top: 84px; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(22, 22, 22); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Inter; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">This profile is one of several of ours that meet the Specialty Coffee Association&apos;s (SCA) guidelines for improved flavor for coffee.</span></p><h2 id="ingredients"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Inter;">Ingredients:</span></h2><ul style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-block: 0px 24px; margin-inline: 0px; scroll-margin-top: 84px; padding-inline-start: 32px; list-style-type: disc; color: rgb(22, 22, 22); font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><li style="font-size: 14px;">Magnesium Sulfate</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Inter; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-block-end: 8px; margin-bottom: 6px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Calcium Citrate</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Inter; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-block-end: 8px; margin-bottom: 6px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Sodium Chloride</li></ul><h2 id="target-ranges"><span style="font-family: Inter; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Target Ranges:</span></h2><ul><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Inter;">TDS: 150 mg/L</span></li><li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Inter;">Alkalinity: 36-40 mg/L</span></li></ul><p><br></p>

About Classic Light Roast Profile

We recommend using only the Espresso Machine Profile for your espresso machine, as it will not cause corrosion from chlorides, which can take many forms. NOTE: In your espresso machine, be sure to avoid water profiles that utilize chlorides. Chloride

<div data-block="true" data-editor="foj0r" data-offset-key="5b40j-0-0" id="isPasted" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: rgb(27, 28, 29); font-family: Inter, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Inter;">We recommend using <em>only&#xA0;</em>the Espresso Machine Profile for your espresso machine, as it will not cause corrosion from chlorides, which can take many forms.</span></p><h2 id="chlorides-and-your-machine"><span style="font-family: Inter; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Chlorides and your machine:</span></h2><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Inter; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; display: inline !important;"><strong>NOTE</strong>: In your espresso machine, be sure to avoid water profiles that utilize chlorides. Chlorides will cause corrosion on metal surfaces.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Inter;">While all Third Wave Water minerals utilize permanent hardness vs. temporary hardness, our Classic Light Roast&#xA0;Profile contains a small amount of chlorides. This is perfectly fine for non-pressurized brewers, but not espresso machines. Scale leaves something behind (from temporary hardness) while corrosion is the erosion, removal, or breakdown of the metal itself.</span></p></div>

Can I use Classic Light Roast Profile in my espresso machine?

Yes! We get this question a lot and are proud of our many partners using Classic Light Roast Profile to brew their cold brew: Verve Coffee, Bru Brothers, and many more!. We also have a special profile just for cold brew: The Cold Brew Profile. This p

<p id="isPasted" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.6em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><span style="font-family: Inter; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Yes!&#xA0;</span><span style="font-family: Inter; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We get this question a lot and are proud of our many partners using Classic Light Roast Profile to brew their cold brew: Verve Coffee, Bru Brothers, and many more!</span></p><h2 id="other-cold-brew-options"><span style="font-family: Inter; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Other Cold Brew Options:<br></span></h2><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.6em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><span style="font-family: Inter;"><span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We also have a special profile just for cold brew: The Cold Brew Profile. This profile&#xA0;</span><span id="isPasted" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; display: inline !important;">will help you create smooth, less bitter cold brew coffee and add to any cold brew concentrate.</span><span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&#xA0;</span><span id="isPasted" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; display: inline !important;">Cold Brew Profile will also help reduce the acidity of your brews up to 3x.</span></span></p>

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