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Posted by Jules on October 19, 2009, 1:58 pm
On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:15:53 -0400, salty wrote:
>>I had a friend once who would only drink cold water from downstairs taps -
>>the upstairs being typically gravity-fed via a holding tank, and she was
>>paranoid about critters getting into the tank and dying :-)
>>Always been told the thing about hot, too, but I think it depends on the
>>temperature of the water. I'll still drink hot water (in tea, coffee etc.)
>>but only if it's been boiled first.
>
> As far as I know, boiling will do nothing to remove the lead.
Wouldn't have thought so - but it should get rid of any living nasties
that may survive in the tank if the temperature's not high enough
(although I've no idea how long the water needs to sit in the tank before
it's an issue - with three kids in the house always wanting showers things
circulate through pretty quickly :-)
I'm less bothered about non-living crap in there as I would have thought
that's just as likely to be in the cold supply, too.
cheers
Jules
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Posted by Tony on October 18, 2009, 11:08 am
Phisherman wrote:
> wrote:
>
>> wrote:
>>>> Nate Nagel wrote:
>>>>> Couple years ago the girlie bought a new Mr. Coffee "thermal" coffeemaker
>>>>> because she liked the eco-friendliness of not having a heating element
>>>>> under the carafe, and also it had a timer so you could set it up the
>>>>> night before.
>>>>> Fast forward to recently - the lid of the carafe doesn't pour nicely
>>>>> anymore. Would like to buy a new lid, or a new carafe if I had to. Well,
>>>>> it's not available on Mr. Coffee's online store which is apparently run
>>>>> by a third party. When I contacted them, they basically said "if it
>>>>> ain't on the web site, we don't sell it" and suggested I contact Mr.
>>>>> Coffee customer service. Which I did, something like four days ago, with
>>>>> no response yet.
>>>>> So... is there another brand of coffeemaker that wouldn't leave me high
>>>>> and dry like this? Or should I just give up on the "thermal" thing
>>>>> altogether and buy the cheapest regular coffeemaker with a timer that I
>>>>> can find, so I don't have to worry about a specific carafe?
>>>>> nate
>>>> Or just give up on the plastic crap and buy a single-burner Bunn like you
>>>> have in the break room at work. Expensive, but it will outlive you. And
>>>> replacement carafes are available at pretty much any restaurant supply. Or
>>>> for a more realistic answer, just get one of those cone-shape deals where
>>>> the filter and coffee fit in the top, and a teakettle for the stove. Set
>>>> it up the night before, and while you are brushing teeth, wander out to
>>>> kitchen and flip the burner on. By the time you are out of the shower, the
>>>> water will be hot enough to pour.
>>>> --
>>>> aem sends...
>>>> --
>>>> aem sends...
>>> I 2nd the Bunn Pour-O-Matic....A pot of coffee is never more than 3 minutes
>>> away....Even using the hell out of it (3+ pots a day) it lasts for
>>> years...Have gone through a couple in the last 15 or so years and love
>>> them...About a hundered bucks or so..Just replaced the old one...Got the new
>>> one at Walmart.....HTH....
>> I bought one for our office. It didn't last a year. Didn't make very
>> good coffee either. Replaced it with an $18 noname from some discount
>> place, coffee tastes as good or better and it's still chugging along 3
>> years later. No more expensive coffee makers if I buy them.
>
>
> I believe a good cup of joe has to do how the coffee is made, rather
> than the kind of maker (or its value). I used to make coffee at a
> restaurant, and everyone told ME that I made the best coffee! My
> "secret," as strange as it is in this case, was that I watered the
> coffee down a little (maybe 15%) with plain hot tap water which was
> enough to remove some bitter taste. It helps to have a clean maker,
> clean pot, and freshly ground French-roast beans too.
I learned to add a pinch of salt if it's bitter. Just a pinch.
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Posted by SteveB on October 18, 2009, 10:26 pm
> I believe a good cup of joe has to do how the coffee is made, rather
> than the kind of maker (or its value). I used to make coffee at a
> restaurant, and everyone told ME that I made the best coffee! My
> "secret," as strange as it is in this case, was that I watered the
> coffee down a little (maybe 15%) with plain hot tap water which was
> enough to remove some bitter taste. It helps to have a clean maker,
> clean pot, and freshly ground French-roast beans too.
As any connoisseur knows, the secret is the temperature of the water. If
too hot, it leaches out the oil where the bitterness lies. Water from 180
to 190 is right. Percolated coffee above that temperature is bitter. Drip
coffee brewed with too hot of water is also bitter, no matter the grounds.
YW
Steve
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Posted by Roger Shoaf on October 17, 2009, 11:32 pm
> I 2nd the Bunn Pour-O-Matic....A pot of coffee is never more than 3
minutes
> away....Even using the hell out of it (3+ pots a day) it lasts for
> years...Have gone through a couple in the last 15 or so years and love
> them...About a hundered bucks or so..Just replaced the old one...Got the
new
> one at Walmart.....HTH....
I suspect you have "gone through" them as you didn't bother to mend them.
There is not much to go wrong on these and what could go wrong is very
simple to fix.
--
Roger Shoaf
About the time I had mastered getting the toothpaste back in the tube, then
they come up with this striped stuff.
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Posted by benick on October 19, 2009, 9:00 pm
>> I 2nd the Bunn Pour-O-Matic....A pot of coffee is never more than 3
> minutes
>> away....Even using the hell out of it (3+ pots a day) it lasts for
>> years...Have gone through a couple in the last 15 or so years and love
>> them...About a hundered bucks or so..Just replaced the old one...Got the
> new
>> one at Walmart.....HTH....
> I suspect you have "gone through" them as you didn't bother to mend them.
> There is not much to go wrong on these and what could go wrong is very
> simple to fix.
> --
> Roger Shoaf
> About the time I had mastered getting the toothpaste back in the tube,
> then
> they come up with this striped stuff.
I still have the old one that just died after 7-8 years in the garage , want
me to send it to you ?? I have more important things to do than frig with an
old coffee maker...Like watching paint dry...
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>>the upstairs being typically gravity-fed via a holding tank, and she was
>>paranoid about critters getting into the tank and dying :-)
>>Always been told the thing about hot, too, but I think it depends on the
>>temperature of the water. I'll still drink hot water (in tea, coffee etc.)
>>but only if it's been boiled first.