What is hot water tap used for?

by **lsurpin** on Fri Oct 01, 2010 8:13 pm

I have Andreja espresso machine which comes with steam wand on the left and hot water tap on the right.
What is hot water tap is used for?

by **Bob_McBob** on Fri Oct 01, 2010 8:18 pm

Heating cups, water for Americanos/tea, etc.

by **lsurpin** on Fri Oct 01, 2010 8:20 pm

Thanks. I thought there is something more to it, but you answer makes sense.

by **wookie** on Fri Oct 01, 2010 8:31 pm

As mentioned above, for an Americano or a cup of tea. It's also useful for periodically drawing water from the boiler to reduce scaling. Or as a source of scalding hot water to wet a cleaning cloth or to preheat a soup bowl, etc.

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by **Psyd** on Sat Oct 02, 2010 4:59 pm

...or to make Jello, or Ramen, or start pasta or clean rages, or start cocoa, you name it.
Mine has a fourteen liter boiler, so I usually have ten to twelve liters on tap, so I use it for anything that I'd use boiling water for, especially if I don't want to wait for the microwave.

Milliseconds of my life I'd never get back...

by **JohnB.** on Sat Oct 02, 2010 7:48 pm

Or to rinse the P/F & basket after you dump the puck.

by **wildbwilson** on Sat Oct 02, 2010 9:52 pm

I shake my head often and I can't pass by.
How about - for hot water, do with it what you want, will or otherwise.

by **zin1953** on Sat Oct 02, 2010 10:03 pm

wildbwilson wrote:How about - for hot water, do with it what you want, will or otherwise.

Yeah. Pretty much.

by **Bob_McBob** on Sat Oct 02, 2010 10:32 pm

JohnB. wrote:Or to rinse the P/F & basket after you dump the puck.

No portafilter wiggle?

by **godlyone** on Sun Oct 03, 2010 1:14 am

wookie wrote:It's also useful for periodically drawing water from the boiler to reduce scaling.

This is a false statement.

If you leave water in the boiler, whatever minerals are in there will scale out.
Adding new water means adding new minerals and new scale.

Keeping stagnant water - although it doesn't seem at first to be a good idea, will actually keep your scale down.


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