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Right now I am using the Peak Water jugs to bring my water hardness down and it works well.
I will be moving to a new city where the water is soft at GH ~20, what is an easier/economical way to slightly harden my water to GH ~50-70 and KH 50?
How about finding some...
Few months ago I bought a Lelit Bianca and I started my wonderful espresso journey.
Tap water in our city is quite hard, therefore it is not an option for the Bianca. For reference, the city hall reports that the water hardness is between 29 to 31 fH (französischen Härtegraden...
For those of you making what seems to be coined 'rpavlis water', how are you making it? I've seen it mentioned many times and I've seen some posts where people provide different measurements for it, but it wasn't until today that I looked for rpavlis' actual post that spells it...
I'm interested in eliminating the need to descale my setup in Napa, California. I am currently using tap water in my machine's reservoir with a BWT Bestsave M in-tank pouch.
I have an API GH & KH test kit which I frequently use to test my water. The water out of the tap...
I recently purchased a new (to me) Profitec Pro 300 in excellent condition. Because this machine is a dual boiler and the official recommendation is to not attempt at-home descaling, I would like to be as proactive as possible at preventing scale buildup in the machine.
I am getting more serious about espresso and I would like to know how my (tap) water is and if there is something I should do about it to improve my extractions while protecting the espresso machine.
Extracted from my municipality's (Gothenburg, Sweden) water report, the tap...
I'm moving to a new house with well water: the water has high iron, sulphur, and is (according to the water company) moderately hard. We will be installing a complete whole-house water filtration, iron/sulphur reduction, and sodium ion softening system with a large carbon block...
I was able to extract the following data out of my city's water quality report. I wasn't able to find data on every parameter, seems that the city only report on regulated contaminants/parameters.
