drtzali Senior Member Joined: 9 Jun 2007 Posts: 387 Location: NY Expertise: I love coffee
Espresso: Nuova Simonelli MAC Cup... Grinder: MACAP MK7R Vac Pot: um. Electrolux? Drip: Drop Roaster: Not that advanced yet...
Posted Mon Mar 31, 2008, 12:58pm Subject: Level of water purity
I have something of a dilemma -
the new machine I got is a plumbed model.
I have two filter systems:
1: on the water main, for the whole house, a 5-stage .5 micron filter 2: an additional several filters (activated carbon, reverse osmosis, some others) that leads to a single spigot next to my kitchen sink.
I have two options:
1: plumb to the regular water line 2: use a flojet system to use the water from the second filter system (I don't think I can plumb directly to it, because the pressure is low compared to faucet.)
what do you suggest? would my espresso really benefit from the additional filtering provided by the second system?
Cino Senior Member Joined: 25 Oct 2006 Posts: 68 Location: Georgia Expertise: I love coffee
Espresso: Old Krups Thermoblock Grinder: Rocky
Posted Mon Mar 31, 2008, 1:17pm Subject: Re: Level of water purity
That's a lot of filtering - what part of NY are you from? Are you on a municipal system? I never remember the water being that bad.
If your water tastes OK, it is OK for espresso. Your only concern should be hardness. My understanding is if you are less than 50mg/l total hardness, you should be fine w/out softening. It looks like you already have particulates under control w/ the whole house filter.
I have read that you need electrolytes in the water or your machine's sensors will not work properly - so be careful of using overly deionized water.
Congrats on the new machine. What did you end up with?
4cups Senior Member Joined: 16 Dec 2004 Posts: 262 Location: Maryland, East coast peninsula Expertise: I love coffee
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Posted Mon Mar 31, 2008, 1:19pm Subject: Re: Level of water purity
Hello, I would think your main water line would be fine. Some mineral content is needed. I suppose the best thing to do would be to try each in your machine somehow and let the taste of the final product be your guide.
drtzali Senior Member Joined: 9 Jun 2007 Posts: 387 Location: NY Expertise: I love coffee
Espresso: Nuova Simonelli MAC Cup... Grinder: MACAP MK7R Vac Pot: um. Electrolux? Drip: Drop Roaster: Not that advanced yet...
Posted Mon Mar 31, 2008, 2:19pm Subject: Re: Level of water purity
4cups Said:
Hello, I would think your main water line would be fine. Some mineral content is needed. I suppose the best thing to do would be to try each in your machine somehow and let the taste of the final product be your guide.
I've tried both, and really can't tell the difference....
Cino Said:
That's a lot of filtering - what part of NY are you from? Are you on a municipal system? I never remember the water being that bad.
If your water tastes OK, it is OK for espresso. Your only concern should be hardness. My understanding is if you are less than 50mg/l total hardness, you should be fine w/out softening. It looks like you already have particulates under control w/ the whole house filter.
I have read that you need electrolytes in the water or your machine's sensors will not work properly - so be careful of using overly deionized water.
Congrats on the new machine. What did you end up with?
hey :) I ended up with (at least for now!) a NS "Mac Cup"...we'll see how well it works once I finally get it hooked up and turned on!
I'm in Queens. The water here isn't bad at all, but the person I bought my house from was a health freak, and had this $6k filter system installed...so I continue to use it, because hey, it can't hurt!
guess I'll just plumb the machine to the regular house line...thanx :)
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