Martin Phillips wrote: > Kennet Boater wrote: >> Thanks Ron, Bru, Bruce and David. >> >> I now know I was almost right in my argument the other day! 8'c off >> but right in principle. >> > > Ah, but 92 C is close to the optimum for making espresso coffee. > Decent espresso machines will pump to 15 bar to push the water > through the coffee bed. 100 C extracts too many bitter flavours. > Anyone boasting of higher temperatures probably also drives a gas > guzzler and has a small member
Why not move to Mexico City? Water boils at (I calculate) 93C.... (2240 metres above sea level) Don't try to boil an egg.... Ron Jones Process Safety & Development Specialist Don't repeat history, unreported chemical lab/plant near misses at http://www.crhf.org.uk Only two things are certain: The universe and human stupidity; and I'm not certain about the universe. ~ Albert Einstein
