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I have a Profitec double boiler machine, and I only use the steam/water boiler for steaming milk. Should I be periodically draining the water from that boiler for reasons of mineral build-up? My water is quite soft.
For those that are going to dive in here, let me emphasize that the best part of this whole set up is never having to worry about your water and what's going on inside your machine. No worries about filter performance or aging, or bypass %, or the income water changing over the...
Hi. I moved to a rural location and have a plumbed machine. I find many articles about city water or recipes for unplumbed but not for tank water. Rainwater comes off several roofs and we have two concrete tanks.
I'm using the same type of omnipure filter I was using in the...
Hey folks - have a general question on my water testing results. Our current setup is well water in the Midwest and we have a Water-Right water softener that uses only solar salt for system regeneration. First I tested for a wide range of minerals (pH, Alkalinity, Chlorine and...
Hope I can find someone to help with pointing to the right under sink filtration system in Vancouver BC.
I have a lelit Bianca V2 which I have been feeding with distilled water + thrid wave water (espresso profile). The time has come where I would like a more permanent...
I recently installed a water drop RO/UV with a remineralization filter. I've been trying to find information regarding the optimal parameters for espresso extraction and machines. The attached image has what I read was SCA recommended parameters vs the tap scores I received...
New to the forum, just getting to know a new Lelit Bianca V3, so far a big change from our 1970's vintage Simonelli Beach.
I intend to plumb the Bianca in, the Beach was plumbed in and we like the convenience.
I live in the interior of British Columbia and our water...
Well it's getting harder to find distilled in FL now to make your own. Nobody has had any for 2 weeks and that's been happening sporadically last few months. Not even Publix, I managed to get just 1 gallon of some company called Pure Life never seen here for distilled at almost...
Seems like overkill for our use case but idk, so I'm looking for opinions before my first espresso machine arrives. We don't have the most refined palates compared to what some espresso enthusiasts can distinguish, so I really only took an interest in this subject when I heard...
