A method of brewing coffee includes the following steps:—；requesting a user to select a coffee-based beverage on an input device coupled to a coffee brewing apparatus； selecting a suitable water recipe from a database comprising a plurality of water recipes suited for brewing coffee, wherein the selected water recipe is suited to the selected coffee-based beverage, wherein the water recipe defines a set mineral concentration of brewing water to be prepared； requesting a water preparation unit to prepare a brewing water based on the water recipe, wherein the water preparation unit is adapted to mineralize the brewing water according to the set mineral concentration of the water recipe； preparing brewing water based on the water recipe； and brewing the coffee-based beverage with the brewing water prepared according to the water recipe.
