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Thank you to everyone here for educating me on some water basics. It's nearly goodbye awesome CO water hello crappy AZ water. Packing up the espresso machine and roaster this weekend. Scottsdale water has a lot of chlorides. Since there is no convenient place in the new house...
Most of us with HX or dual boiler machines are aware that using the steam wand removes water vapor but not minerals, and as the boiler is refilled we end up with water in the steam boiler at higher and higher mineral concentration. Depending on what minerals are in the water it...
With my espresso machine on the way, I decided to make some RPavlis water. I wanted to try it for filter (Tricolate) and found the resulting brew to be a little flat. Does RPavlis water work well for filter, or is it more suitable for espresso only? Could this be a roast degree...
hi everyone, did a water test and I'm not sure what to do about them. I did go through the stickies, insanely long thread, etc. but couldn''t figure out a conclusion for my case. Are these results worth tweaking/improving? My impression is that hardness is probably a bit too...
For years I've been using the rpavlis recipe for my espresso machine. With great success. I would get my ro water from a nearby store and periodically test it. All has been well until I tested a recent batch of 10 gallons.
TDS 31
Total and free chlorine 0
Hardness 1.5 grains /...
I've been trying to find a good article or related content on what I should be testing for in water. Is there even a point in doing this? Surely there must be shops/cafes that get their water tested to see what kind of filtration system they will need.
You can get 4 gallon water bottles at Sam's Club labeled Member's Mark Purified Water. Anyone know if this water is appropriate for my espresso machine and won't do damage as is?
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...
