Hi Barry, Are you still useing the canning funnel on your grinder? Could you tell me - does it fit on the outside of the grinder collar? Thanks, Dennis ----- Original Message ----- From: Barry Luterman To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 12:13 PM Subject: Re: Descaling and philosophy
Ben I am on Oahu. Any chance you might be getting over here. Would love to have you over and pull some shots for you. You really need to taste my home roast. On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 9:03 AM, Ben McCafferty <[email protected]> wrote: Cheers to that—glad the machine is back up! I've had to do some Aero Press lately also, and it just ain't the same (though it's a good cup of drip). Off to Maui Friday to escape the Seattle mid-winter blues. Someone's got to drink mai tais on the beach, and it may as well be me... Where in the world are you, anyway? bmc "Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel....." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Barry Luterman <[email protected]> Reply-To: <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 08:19:43 -1000 To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Descaling and philosophy Things here are great now that my B1 is back up and running. Had 3 weeks down time. Moka pot coffee just did not compare to my espresso. WLL thought it was my controller that went out. It turned out to be a short in the temperature sensor wire. Back up and running and enjoying the best espresso west of the North West On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 8:08 AM, Ben McCafferty <[email protected]> wrote: Barry's comments below pretty much take care of my comment in my other response on this topic on needing more water to flush out all the citric. Thanks Barry! How's it going mate? bmc "Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel....." -------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Barry Luterman <[email protected] <http://[email protected]> > Reply-To: <[email protected] <http://[email protected]> > Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 07:33:40 -1000 To: <[email protected] <http://[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Descaling and philosophy I descale twice a year and have been doing it with my B1 for 3 or 4 years now with no problem. I wrote up my procedure and it should be in the archives. The only change I have made is when I rinse the sour salt (Citric Acid) out. Now I drain the steam boiler three times ( 1 tank of water). then concentrate on the brew boiler. I put through 3 tanks of water through the brew boiler. I drain for 1 and a half minutes then let the pump rest a few minutes and continue for three tanks full On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 6:42 AM, Benoit <[email protected] <http://[email protected]> > wrote: Hi, I've been searching the posts to find good and valuable information about descaling the Brewtus. I found a lot of things but it seems there is no consensus yet on the subject. Is it that risky to descale? What is the best procedure? Can the pump hold the job on a regular basis? How many of you guys are doing it? I don't know anything about the specs of the tap water I fill my machine with every day. I wish I could just descale without wondering about doing it the right way. And avoid the whole "water-filtering- recharging-testing-worriying" cycle. I beleive that descaling is a necessary procedure when it comes to keep the machine healthy for a long time, and especially for the taste! I understand as well that the Brewtus is a case of exception because of the two boilers and it's tricky. And as the operation is not recommended by the company, I'm just conscious about the procedure itself, could we build a document about it? That would help a lot of users like me. If you descale your B on a regular basis, and succesfully, It would be great to hear your succes-stories! Or put the links to the posts about it (maybe I missed some of these) The expobar service (and speciality coffee machines in general) is close to nonexistent in Quebec, so this group is a great source of knowledge for me. Thanks, Benoit --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
