What should be the temperature of the water coming out of my Levetta?
I made a cappucino for my daughter the other day, which she said she liked, but thought it was a bit cool temperature-wise. I know there are lots of variables etc but it started me thinking. So I thought I would try and measure the water temperture.
I started by boiling some water on the stove and put my temperature probe into it. It read a steady 95.7 C, so a little bit out of calibration. I put this water into a cup to heat it up and thought I would just run some water through the machine and portafilter and see what the temp was when it ended up in the cup. Not perfect I know, but easily enough done, chilly ambient air temp of 14.5 C. The machine had been on for at least 2 hours and already made a few coffees, so all should be warmed to operating temps. It started with the boiler light off, which came on during the second pour. These are the results, which need to have a small correction added to them from the boiling test.
Do they seem a little low?

I made a cappucino for my daughter the other day, which she said she liked, but thought it was a bit cool temperature-wise. I know there are lots of variables etc but it started me thinking. So I thought I would try and measure the water temperture.
I started by boiling some water on the stove and put my temperature probe into it. It read a steady 95.7 C, so a little bit out of calibration. I put this water into a cup to heat it up and thought I would just run some water through the machine and portafilter and see what the temp was when it ended up in the cup. Not perfect I know, but easily enough done, chilly ambient air temp of 14.5 C. The machine had been on for at least 2 hours and already made a few coffees, so all should be warmed to operating temps. It started with the boiler light off, which came on during the second pour. These are the results, which need to have a small correction added to them from the boiling test.
Do they seem a little low?


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