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- 31 minutes ago
- Forum: Water
- Replies: 2
- Views: 35
Reusing water
That's pretty much what I expected to hear. It just seems like a bit of a waste
- 32 minutes ago
- Forum: Buying Advice
- Replies: 24
- Views: 518
Travel grinder
Are there any other small, travel friendly electric grinders I should consider? Turin DM 47? Or is the Lagom mini the only real option?
- 33 minutes ago
- Forum: Water
- Replies: 2
- Views: 35
Reusing water
Reboiled water is not the same as once-boiled water, however, the difference is slight. Boiling drives off volatile compounds and dissolved gases. Reboiling may increase this effect, depending on the composition of the water. With most city water, there would not be much difference, but with some well water, boiling improves the taste of the water. Also, the longer
- 46 minutes ago
- Forum: Buying Advice
- Replies: 7
- Views: 513
New Quick Mill Pop and Quick Mill Pop Up
Quick Mill has a different pricing strategy in North America. A Quick Mill machine that costs $1000USD in Europe (not including VAT) costs $1300USD in North America (not including state and local sales taxes). In the past, European manufacturers could get away with the pricing strategy of "American customers pay (not including sales taxes) about the same as EU
- 59 minutes ago
- Forum: Buying Advice
- Replies: 11
- Views: 369
Who's still buying conventional tampers?
I have a love/hate relationship with the LM convex tamper which is my daily driver. They simultaneous managed to make the best convex base with probably the worst handle ever
- 1 hour ago
- Forum: Lever Espresso Machines
- Replies: 7
- Views: 174
La Peppina drip tray needed
Tried Orphan and Coffee_sensor - no luck at either
- 1 hour ago
- Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
- Replies: 5
- Views: 101
Has my brew pressure gauge lost its mind?
I don't understand what you're saying... I don't see anything that indicates a problem, in what you'e described. I don't think Boiler pressure (about 1.2 Bar) would ever leak into the heat exchanger (3 Bar to 10 Bar), leaks would go from high pressure to low. However, if the check valve was in backward and allowed absolutely zero flow
- 1 hour ago
- Forum: Grinders
- Replies: 5
- Views: 189
La Marzocco Swan
I'm puzzled how burr rotations can predict grind weight unless the number of beans fed into the burr at each rotation remains equal. This would seem to require a highly constant weight of beans in the hopper. It seems a long way away from single dosing territory