iamnotPaul
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I use Hario Mini Slim Plus + Philips HD7462/20
I water backflush about once every two days (when I remember)... detergent backflush every couple weeks. I usually take the group head apart at about the same time I do the detergent backflush.Curiosity Side Bar... For those with Espresso Machines:
How often do you clean your Machine?
Backflush with detergent?
Backflush with water only (in between detergent cleanings)?
Disassemble the Group Head?
Cheers!
You may enjoy the tea thread here @ ASR.Not much of a coffee drinker myself but my wife is. Ordered some nice blends from our local coffee specialist. Ime the freshness of the coffee is most important, and thus best is to grind the beans before making coffee. I appreciate the big machines and applying high pressure to get a great espresso, but to me much of the end result is in the coffee itself.
Btw myself I'm more a tea drinker. For tea the freshness and blend imo is of great importance and the hardness of the water equally so. I don't bother with the latter as our local water is ok but I did order some nice tea too along with the coffee order.
I will finish with a story I read in my newspaper. Apparently much of the coffee from all around the globe arrives in Europe through the harbour of Antwerp. The most valuable coffee stays there while it is being traded. Quite often this is a proces that can take months, even up to 2 years to get the right price. Only after that these 'high-end' beans find their way to the consumer.
Do you have a source for that, it sounds very wrong for speciality coffee, where freezing even green coffee is not unheard of to maintain freshness.I will finish with a story I read in my newspaper. Apparently much of the coffee from all around the globe arrives in Europe through the harbour of Antwerp. The most valuable coffee stays there while it is being traded. Quite often this is a process that can take months, even up to 2 years to get the right price. Only after that these 'high-end' beans find their way to the consumer.
Unless it's got an ion exchange resin filter in it, it's not doing anything for limescale.Flush my machine using White Vinegar about once a month. Our water is extremely hard and limescale buildup is a problem with all our appliances. Filter the water before filling the machine not sure how much limescale the filter removes?
Yep. James Hoffmann put it nicely - an espresso machine should be kind of transparent, that is if your beans are good and your grinder and water are good, it should just get out of the way.Not much of a coffee drinker myself but my wife is. Ordered some nice blends from our local coffee specialist. Ime the freshness of the coffee is most important, and thus best is to grind the beans before making coffee. I appreciate the big machines and applying high pressure to get a great espresso, but to me much of the end result is in the coffee itself.
Becoming more and more common, actually - George Howell was one of the first to do it, and they're regularly offering beans that were harvested a decade ago (but have sat in vacuum bags in deep freeze) for sale.Do you have a source for that, it sounds very wrong for speciality coffee, where freezing even green coffee is not unheard of to maintain freshness.
I noticed for cleaning my hash pipe that the citric acid stuff is more pleasant.encourage using a citric acid solution over vinegar for descaling
Does it work on hash browns?I noticed for cleaning my hash pipe that the citric acid stuff is more pleasant.
I never tried it. I'm @ witts end with the potato fries pan it simply gets destroyed after 6 months of cooking fries in the oven. I consider them to be a wear and tear item now.Does it work on hash browns?
Let us know what you think when you've had a good play, I've been waiting for the new burrs to come out. I'm very happy with my C40 for brew, something as good but different would be nice.So, I bought a Fellow Ode, and the new burrs were released today. Ordered them with a 30% off coupon, so those will get installed whenever I get the chance.