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  1. Coffee Lounge ☮❤
    I just unpacked my DE1+ and made the first acceptable americano of today (technically a lot longer) 20g of Square Mile Red Brick (I think local shop filled me a bag out of their hopper) 60g out + 60g hot water. It's very fruity but not sure if I taste the "Plums, Almond, Honey and Berries"...
  2. Coffee Lounge ☮❤
    I'm wondering when a distribution tool will use some form of vibration or to evenly distribute the grinds in the portafiller.
  3. Coffee Lounge ☮❤
    I hope I get to make some espresso with my v1 tamper before it becomes out dated.
  4. Coffee Lounge ☮❤
    I use a 4 litre water distiller to make my pure water to add the minerals, I found that my RO filter output depends on the mains water temperature which means it changes day to day. Brita filters only really remove chlorine from the water, so to make a different profile of water a distiller or...
  5. Coffee Lounge ☮❤
    The BWT Bestmax is a strong acid softener, so the Calicum Carbonate (chalk) is converted into Calicum Chloride and Carbon Dioxide, so no sodium added. So the balance of permanent to temporary hardness can be changed by adjusting the mix ratio on the filterhead before it goes through the final...
  6. Coffee Lounge ☮❤
    It's on 3, the water test put it at 2 for steam generation but I find as the water sits in it 2 is too acidic when I make carbonated water through my Sodastream.
  7. Coffee Lounge ☮❤
    I end up using Distilled water with Third Wave Water salts to remineralise for pour overs and BWT Bestmax Premium for everything else. I find I prefer the Third Wave Water flavour balance rather than the BWT which has a higher extraction rate, which make the BWT better for immersion brewing...
  8. Coffee Lounge ☮❤
    When I got a shipment from New Zealand of my Williams Warn Beer Brewer it had a whole set of tilt and shock sensors from http://www.drypak.com/shippingHandlingIndicators.html The shipper had notes about if the package had been tilted more than 30 degrees that it would need to be returned as it...
  9. Coffee Lounge ☮❤
    It's great the most likely supplier of my espresso is looking at the machine, would make getting some training from Square Mile more interesting if it's on the actual machine I will have in a couple of months time.
  10. Coffee Lounge ☮❤
    Of course soon hopefully some of us will be explaining what DE day is and what an unboxing is to completely oblivious people.
  11. Coffee Lounge ☮❤
    I make my V60 at 1:16.7 at 1.38% TDS 30g:500g with an EK43 which is 21.4% extraction. 1.45% (22.5%) isn't bitter but some flavours over power the rest.
  12. Coffee Lounge ☮❤
    Jeremy at Prufock had the idea to use micron chemistry filter paper to get a better coffee at an AP competition. That paper was even more costly that the VST filters which are needed to measure the AP and espresso.
  13. Coffee Lounge ☮❤
    This is about a 1.35% TDS "coffee shot" with a paper filter versus a pour over at the same TDS. The big money question is can a reasonable approximation of a V60 be done by the DE1 with the advanced program.
  14. Coffee Lounge ☮❤
    I haven't tasted the method with the aeropress filter in thr DE1 yet, but I do know that pressure increases the micro-fines which get past the paper filter in the aeropress. So I assume it won't be as clear as a gravity filter method.
  15. Coffee Lounge ☮❤
    A coffee shot as more like an Aeropress as the water is forced thru the coffee bed. I've been wondering what a more open basket would be like, ie if the basket had holes similar to the size of the aeropress. Still wouldn't like a V60 due to lack of headspace to generate the flow without extra...
  16. Coffee Lounge ☮❤
    I've added a 24g basket to my pre-order with a view to getting some automation on my morning filter coffee. It's going to be amazing when more people have the machine and can make videos like this one.
  17. Coffee Lounge ☮❤
    Alpha Zero got back to me after contacting them again and I've received a refund notice, just need to check on my card in a couple of days. A week to not answer a question on a order is pretty poor.
  18. Coffee Lounge ☮❤
    I'm going to need to call my credit card company about Alphazero.coffee as they haven't sent an item or answered any emails for a week. So I would say that they should be avoided at all costs.
  19. Coffee Lounge ☮❤
    Maybe one of those silver wire blocks used for humidifiers water tanks will stop the bacteria while turning your skin blue. I wonder what flavours Silver ion's extract over Calcium and Magnesium.
  20. Coffee Lounge ☮❤
    Too big to carry on the tube and train to Surbiton, so needed a taxi to move it.
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