Posted on March 19, 2007 - by deCadmus
The Coffee Faucet.
You remember, don’t you, that the coffee in your cup is 98% water, right? That thought was front and center here at Chez Cadmus on the Commons when we recently completed a minor kitchen do-over. 
The result: the lovely coffee faucet you see pictured here. Okay, so Delta doesn’t call it a coffee faucet; but they could. You’ll note the lovely green LED that’s built in to the tap itself… yeah, it’s über geeky, and useful, too: it means that the water filter is operating at 100%. When the filter nears the end of its life that LED begins to blink, and when it’s time to replace it, the glow turns red. (Be sure to click and zoom on the photo… I’m especially proud of that shot.)
‘Course, that’s only part of the system. The rest is stashed under the sink, in the form of a compact three-stage PUR water filter cartridge. A single cartridge removes junk and sediment, filters out heavy metals and then flows water over a tiny mineral bed to add mineral content back into the water; lovely for drinking water, and perfect for coffee.
Very nice. And recommended, too.
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Bloggle is the online playground of Doug Cadmus, a usability guy, writer, photographer and sometime dramatist who moved to Vermont for the coffee. When not writing, reading or walking his old, blind golden retriever, he roasts coffee in his garage and is the Web Guy for Green Mountain Coffee in Waterbury, VT. Flickr Photos
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March 19, 2007
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We’re into a major remodel of our 20 year old home. We’re doing the kitchen and living room remodel last. The coffee faucet is new to me so will put it into the folder of design ideas. Thanks for the timely information!
Irene, sneezing from all the dust
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March 19, 2007
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Happy to help you spend more money! ;)
If you want the nitty gritty details, we chose this model and installed it in a “4 hole” sink (where holes 1-3 were occupied by another Delta faucet with a pull-out sprayer).
Before install, we wondered it if might not all be a bit too much together… turned out not to be a problem. The faucets match in style and finish, and, more importantly, the water tastes great.
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March 21, 2007
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Thanks for the added information! I’ve printed off the web link screen and your comments and filed them under coffee faucet!
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April 22, 2007
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[...] of the bottled water, too. I’ve written quite a lot about the importance of good water for good coffee. So by all means, use great water, but [...]
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April 21, 2008
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[...] of the bottled water, too. I’ve written quite a lot about the importance of good water for good coffee. So by all means, use great water, but [...]