Second Ira's post. The bluish tint is the reaction from the copper boiler, and totally normal. You must not have found my post about this--when I did my first descaling, I had to flush about 15 times before I didn't get blue and couldn't taste the caustic/acid taste of the citric.
As an aside, the water in the steam boiler will gradually get more and more solids in it, if you don't pull hot water from it every so often (you add water and minerals, then take off only water as steam, then add more minerals, etc.). I pull water through the hot water wand until it won't come out any more, let it refill and reheat, and repeat two more times. I do that every couple of weeks. It's always cloudy at first, sparkling clean at the end. Best, bmc On Jan 29, 2010, at 1:32 PM, Jeff Krejsa wrote: > Hello, everyone. Long-time reader/lurker, first time poster. I was > hoping that some of the smart and experienced folks here can help me > out with a problem I am having with/following the first decaling of my > Brewtus II. > > A little background (in case it is necessary or helps): > My Brewtus is about two years old. For the first ~9 months (old > house) I mixed distilled and filtered water when using the Brewtus. > For the last ~18 months (new house) I have been using the filtered > water from the house. I have not bought a TDS meter (I know this is > bad and I deserve the lashing, I did order one this week so I know > exactly what I am putting in Brewtus). For the first year the Brewtus > probably pulled an average of a few shots on the weekdays and ten per > weekend day. For the last year, it has pulled an average of four > shots on weekdays and ten per weekend day. > > I decided to descale and followed Barry Luterman's descaling process. > The problem arose in the flushing of the boilers. I have probably > flushed each boiler at least six times (probably even more for the > steam boiler). I am doing so as in Barry's instructions (draining > through the brew head and hot water wand). I am still getting sparkly > flecks in the water. And in the steam boiler the water appears a > little cloudy and bluish. > > First question - is the sparkly flecks in the water minerals that were > descaled from the process? Or, has something else (not good) > happened? > > Is it strange that I have flushed so many times and still have these > particulates coming through? In reading through the many threads at > this forum I have encountered anyone who had similar problems. Maybe > an extra flush or so, but not this. > > Is it possible that my method of draining (through brew head and wand) > are resulting in a small amount at the bottom that does not get > drained and therefore "recharges" the water with the particulates? If > so, do I need to drain in some other fashion (I have never cracked > open my Brewtus)? > > Please help! Any insight or instructions would be greatly > appreciated. My wife and I are having withdrawals and I am starting > to fear that we did something wrong to our dear Brewtus. > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
