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Hi folks, awaiting the arrival of an ECM Technika V, and thinking about water....
I will not be plumbing in, will be using the water tank. I'd love to keep things as simple as possible. Hoping, based on the below water report from my city, I could get recommendations as to...
Looking for advice on if it's essential to replace RO filters on an annual basis. I have a Pentair BWS-100 with 3 separate cartridges in SoCal with TDS set to 50 - has remained consistent at that level and works great after a year. Wondering if it's safe to replace after 18...
Hi All,
I recently upgraded my old E61 machine to a one-group Slayer. I want to protect my investment but also improve on the taste of my espresso. For over a decade, my old Quickmill Vetrano has worked well with what was recommended by Chris' Coffee to me (two 10 in cartridges,...
UPDATE: false alarm - I've managed to find bottled water with a stated PH value and the measuring device showed a whole degree lower value than it should have, in other words, it's not well calibrated. We are also on the lowest filtering value for BWT, so it'd be really...
My water guy warned me of this. My head is on a tail spin. Don't research He knows of the SCA spec water for proper extraction. Trying to get into acceptable range.
His recommendation since I have a water softnener and RO unit was...
Tomorrow I am supposed to be buying my first 'nice' double boiler espresso machine. I have had consumer grade stuff in the past, but this is the first one where the machine is expensive enough that I am being paranoid about water hardness/quality.
Hello all, sorry for my newbie question.
I've been buying and using water from Costco in my BDB.
I'm seriously considering buying a Profitec 600 in the future and was wondering if this water is acceptable.
Subject made intentionally vague so as to not have people tune out because of specificity of use case; I think this could be applicable to a wider range than what I have. My goal is to move a lot of water that's safe for the machine, and tastes good in the cup.
Hi all, as i live in Europe (Austria) distilled water is really hard to come by and extremely expensive. That's why I have gone down the route of buying bottled water instead. I have found these waters that seem soft or really soft. Do I need to add any minerals to them or can I...
I've reading a lot of posts on water quality and chloride on here but would still love your advice.
I own a plumbed in espresso machine in an area with medium/high water hardness. I just recently found out that our chloride levels are 102 mg/l which was a shock.