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! >> > > > > > > >
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