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- 1 hour ago
- Forum: Water
- Replies: 2
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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
- 1 hour ago
- Forum: Buying Advice
- Replies: 9
- Views: 522
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
- 1 hour ago
- Forum: Buying Advice
- Replies: 11
- Views: 398
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
- 2 hours ago
- Forum: Lever Espresso Machines
- Replies: 7
- Views: 179
La Peppina drip tray needed
Tried Orphan and Coffee_sensor - no luck at either
- 2 hours ago
- Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
- Replies: 5
- Views: 105
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
- 2 hours ago
- Forum: Grinders
- Replies: 7
- Views: 220
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
- 2 hours ago
- Forum: Tips and Techniques
- Replies: 2
- Views: 109
Light roasts right grind size > slow flow problem
Thank you very much for your input. I am mostly using my DF83 with a couple of camperista mods and the SSP HU Burrs and I am slow feeding the beans. I fergot to mention it but I tryed the longer pulls as well, even 1:5 and I have to say not only the body and crema almost
- 2 hours ago
- Forum: Grinders
- Replies: 7
- Views: 220
La Marzocco Swan
Thanks Greg for the review. How do you think that the pico compares to it in terms of the features that you consider in the swan to elevate it as a grinder?
- 2 hours ago
- Forum: Coffees
- Replies: 145
- Views: 11314
Blueberry (or any berry) bomb coffee recommendations?
Please let us know how this batch turns out. I loved my first bag that was roasted in early March. Hoping that the more recent ones are back up to the original quality