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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...
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...
I'm just about ready to pull the trigger on a LMLM and wanted to re-check my water to make sure it's suitable.
Using the popular API test kit, my filtered central NJ tap water is showing 35.8 PPM KH (2 drops to change color) and 71.6 PPM GH. From my limited knowledge...
OK maybe having the word dirty in the subject wasn't the best choice.
I will be in Utah for a bit at Snowbird. I can't find the water details but I know the water has high mineral content. I think I saw somewhere that it was TDS of 500 but I could not find a detailed water...
OK, so I broke down and now a KvdW Speedster Idromatic is on the way, very soon to be arriving. I've been feeding our Izzo Alex Duetto III with copper boilers that is plumbed in with a BWT Best Head Flex & Best Max Premium 'V' water filtration system (bypass set to 3) and...