Actually the mineral mixture in the water makes its flavor? doesn't it?
And i thought the amount of water in the coffee powder makes an drastic impact on the flavor.
Ehem, i mean, did you try your experiments also with distilled water?
The temperature defines how much minerals one can solve in the same amount of water.
Which was the reason why we had a great barrier riff in earlier times, until they dissolved it with
citric acids and formic acid. Just my idea.
One mustn't buy it. Just the tap water often flows through decades old tubes and is contaminated when it reaches you.