Perhaps, but this has been the case since new. After I flush the steam boiler a little, it runs clear again and stays that way for a few weeks to a month. I just never use the hot water wand, and so the minerals just get more and more concentrated. bmc "Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel....."
> From: Barry Luterman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:48:10 -1000 > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Your cleanup routine > > > Ben sounds like it's time for a serious descaling > > On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 1:44 PM, Ben McCafferty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
