Like I said, when I said "funk", I meant turbid and full of solids, not bacteria. I doubt much grows in my machine, since it is on and up to temp about 10-12 hours a day. bmc "Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel....."
> From: ken k <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:44:54 -0700 (PDT) > To: Brewtus <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Your cleanup routine > > > We lost our beloved Instahot when we sold our home a year ago (were WE > lucky!), so I use the hot water boiler (or a microwave) for pre- > heating cups (when I forget to put them on the stainless cover on top > of the machine) and for the frequent Americanos when I am too lazy to > texture milk (Lactaid, to be specific, which textures beautifully). > Perhaps it is because we do have fairly frequent draws from the steam > boiler that we don't seem to have a funk problem [or could it be that > we have accommodated to it? That is scary....]. I would have thought > that the high heat in the boiler would have precluded the growth of > any bacteria until a saw a National Geographic special a few years ago > which showed some hot water and steam jets on the ocean floor where > some person actually took some samples and cultured a bacteria that > only grows at that temperature and which had never been identified > before. Amazing.... At present we have no plans to culture the water > in our steam boiler... > > On Sep 17, 11:35 am, Ben McCafferty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> There you go. I have an instahot at the sink, and use that to heat cups >> sometimes so I don't have to fill the reservoir as often. >> >> bmc >> "Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel....." >> >>> From: Mink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Reply-To: <[email protected]> >>> Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:59:35 -0700 (PDT) >>> To: Brewtus <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: Your cleanup routine >> >>> Ah, that's it - I draw hot water from the HW wand before every shot to >>> heat up my cups (I like them REALLY hot), so I obviously push quite a >>> bit of water through the steam boiler. Our water IS very soft here in >>> Durban, so I'm sure that helps as well. Cheers! > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Brewtus" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
