Good morning everyone.

I can't count how many hours I've been on this forum in the last 3 weeks but I finally decided to make up a login and get in the action. I got a Breville Oracle Touch (BES990BSS1BUS1) for Christmas and I want to get the most of out it that I can. We have...

I researched this stuff a lot about 5 years back, but kind of forgot my methodology behind the calculations. I was just using this recipe, but since my new machine is in next week, thought it might be a good idea to double check.

Does this old recipe still look OK? Plugged it...

While I'm somewhat patiently (OK, not so patiently) waiting for my Linea Micra to arrive, I've been getting a few details sorted out. One detail is getting an easy process for making rpavlis water figured out. We have a whole-house water softener, and a Rayne Eradicator...

For my coffee water, I buy distilled water, and add minerals back.

I am considering a reverse osmosis set-up. Is it ~0 TDS water as distilled is? Would it be a 1 for 1, same recipe and same result using reverse osmosis water instead of distilled?

What's the most convenient way to get/produce water for low volume home use, assuming I'll be adding some electrolytes..Buying a home distiller? Home reverse osmosis system? Ordering distilled water for delivery? I want to have a simple system that will never leave me having to...

Unfortunately, my kitchen water source isn't the greatest as it's being fed from an underground well into a whole home water filter and finally a water softener. My primary concern is for the longevity of my machine (synchronika).

I performed these tests twice with the same...

Hello All!

I'm looking for the best way to protect my profitec pro machine with stainless steel boilers.
With my old machine i used so called design water which was made from RO water + Epsom salt + baking soda. Then i was afraid of corrosion due to lower PH level (~6.x). My...

New Lelit Bianca with supplied in-tank filter. Water pH into reservoir 7.0. Cooled water out from machine spout 8.6+. Wassup with that?

TDS by meter is 45 ppm.

I'm testing pH with Aquacheck strips that I use for my spa. Whether or not these strips are best method, the...

I got a pop-up add for an electronic whole house descaler - brand name yarna.

is it safe to assume these are BS and if they worked we would all have them already?

I use RPavlis water in my Decent, but sometimes I still struggle with overly acidic espressos. Someone mentioned in another forum a while back that a strategy is to add a concentrate using a dropper right into the finished shot to dampen the acidity. The benefit of this being...