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leach
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• verb remove (a soluble substance) from soil or other material by the action of rainwater or another liquid passing through it.
— ORIGIN Old English, "to water".
extract
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• verb /ikstrakt/ 1 remove with care or effort. 2 obtain (money, information, etc.) from someone unwilling to give it. 3 obtain (a substance or resource) from something by a special method.
— ORIGIN Latin extrahere ‘draw out’.
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Process Control and SCADA is/was the bread and butter of quite a few of us here on CS "juk" so you are in good company.... 8-)Originally posted by 554A543F0 link=1269704254/0#0 date=1269704254PID control are my bread and butter.
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Ahh grasshopper, think not only about the size of the lungs but also the straw they have to breathe through...Originally posted by 6A756B000 link=1269704254/9#9 date=1269762021Also in the other thread you mention "Minore is asthmatic in comparison" And i just dont get why when its got a 2kW element, why put a 2kW element in if youre not going to use it, and if you are useing then where is your 2kW going???
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The Minore III has narrow valve diameters....
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Im a lurker who has finally decided to register and use the expertise that is so freely available. I too am verging on ordering a Minore III so thanks for this little thread. It has helped me confirm my choice.
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"No reason whatsoever to not go dual boiler" and "I suspect the differences in the cup between two otherwise identical machines would be miniscule."
Thats the feedback i was looking for.
I checked out the Izzo Alex Duetto you linked to, and thats a pricey little number, you wouldnt think that the euro was at record lows right now. Im definitely going to have to stick below the $3k mark, and im going to have issues getting that past the fun police who thinks my coffee tastes "fine".
Also in the other thread you mention "Minore is asthmatic in comparison" And i just dont get why when its got a 2kW element, why put a 2kW element in if youre not going to use it, and if you are useing then where is your 2kW going???
"Ok, do us a favour and define extraction and leaching, we know your dying to ."
Technically, extraction is crushing, grinding, leaching for coffee, for gold it would be crushing, grinding, gravity, leaching, adsorption, solid/liquid separation, stripping, electrowinning, calcining, smelting, refining. In a coffee grinder, the beans are sortof crushed, sortof impacted prior to proper grinding, so it makes coffee a 3 stage extraction, with leaching being a stage where just the essences are taken into solution.
Thanks for the tips on the machines lads.
On the roasting, i was just going to use a popcorn maker when my coffee bushes started producing, should be next year for that. Besides, for $32 for a kilo of beans delivered to your door that make the best coffee ive ever had, reliably and repeatably, makes it just not worth fixing something that aint broke.
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Now all we have to do is get you into roasting, send you a KKTO beta pack and get you started on fitting a PID to a turbo oven!Originally posted by 312E305B0 link=1269704254/0#0 date=1269704254PID control are my bread and butter
what was your address?
;D ;D
I couldnt agree more, i could never taste the difference, and as greg said, brew temp control is a big plus for the twins!Originally posted by 1C293E3C0C3429363A373F5B0 link=1269704254/7#7 date=1269745059I suspect the differences in the cup between two otherwise identical machines would be miniscule.
In terms of steaming milk for lattés, either design, if well executed, will give great results.
Ok, do us a favour and define extraction and leaching, we know your dying to ;D
cheers
warren
PS welcome to coffeesnobs mate [smiley=vrolijk_26.gif]
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In my mind the difference between leaching and extraction is which bit I am consuming.Originally posted by 5A455B300 link=1269704254/4#4 date=1269740356oh and its leaching

When I was looking for my latest machine I too tossed up between a twin boiler and an Hx. The main advantage of the twin was easy brew temperature adjustment; of the Hx it was freshly heated water for each cup.
Since I am the only regular coffee consumer from this machine, and consume very modestly, the fresh water won.
I suspect the differences in the cup between two otherwise identical machines would be miniscule.
In terms of steaming milk for lattés, either design, if well executed, will give great results.
Greg
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Hi juk and welcome...Originally posted by 657A640F0 link=1269704254/0#0 date=1269704254Im a metallurgist, so boilers, grinding, leaching (what you guys call extraction) and PID control are my bread and butter. Obviously i can see the simplicity of a HX (another tool of my trade) machine, but the idea of twin boilers, one boiler and one water heater to be exact and PID control sound like the perfect technical solution for repeatability and perfection. So why wouldnt i get the twin boiler machine over the HX machines?
No reason whatsoever to not go dual boiler...Just keep the water moving through the boilers, as you should in any machine...
If you like the idea of the Minore III, have a look at http://coffeesnobs.com.au/YaBB.pl?num=1260516383
We would of course be delighted to assist with either
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No, no - pure H2O has a completely different set of problems that the chemists around here have tried to explain as well.Originally posted by 534C52390 link=1269704254/4#4 date=1269740356hydrogen and burn it
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OK, so in a closed system how does the freshness of water change, or will it still taste like its millions of years old. Should i get some hydrogen and burn it to make my own fresh water? Is this similar to the freshly ground salt conundrum? I love freshly ground salt, you can taste that its recently become smaller. Seriously though, is this just a myth, or can someone tell me how much water is too much, how long it takes to age and how it ages in a closed system.Originally posted by 48585A495E423B0 link=1269704254/1#1 date=1269726247One factor mentioned around here previously is the amount of water in the brew path and the potential impact on its freshness.
Also obviously the steam boiler isnt flooded, so is the water heater flooded, or kept at say half full? Is there anyone with a minore III who can taste the difference between say the 3rd shot and the 30th? Should i be concerned or is there a point where a coffee is good enough?
Also the water heater inlet passes through the steam boiler heat exchanger for preheating. So clearly the first shot or rinse will draw in water over 100 degrees into the water heater, and depending on how slow i am, that will continue, unless the heat exchanger is either very small or poor. Does anyone have any experience with temperature stability over a series of shots?
oh and its leaching
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If you have the money go with your head and buy the twin boiler.Originally posted by 405F412A0 link=1269704254/0#0 date=1269704254the idea of twin boilers, one boiler and one water heater to be exact and PID control sound like the perfect technical solution for repeatability and perfection.So why wouldnt i get the twin boiler machine over the HX machines?Im torn.I dont know what to get.
Sounds to me like your gut is leading you that way too.
I had a similar decision to make a few years ago but with a Silvia v Expobar Leva (HX).
I had a lot less idea about the technical aspects at the time but had researched enough to know that the HX was a lot less finicky to use and maintain (IMO).
Id almost settled on the Silvia but my gut feel was something didnt suit me.
Fortunately I was in a position to be able to afford the HX so after a few more questions to the supplier I settled on the Expobar and have been more than happy since.
Now, I could have afforded the Minore as well but I prefer less bling and the digital readout to me was over the top.
Today I may have made a different decision but as my Leva is in tune and running sweetly, maybe with hindsight Id still make the same choice.
You have to weigh up your needs and wants plus all the pros and cons and then decide what best fits you.
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you mean.....extraction(what you call leaching) ;DOriginally posted by 4F504E250 link=1269704254/0#0 date=1269704254leaching (what you guys call extraction)
This is something i find well done on the Della Corte mini with a 500ml brew boiler and 1500ml steam boiler......Originally posted by 56464457405C250 link=1269704254/1#1 date=1269726247One factor mentioned around here previously is the amount of water in the brew path and the potential impact on its freshness.This is particularly relevant to the Minore with 1.8L brew boiler vs an HX, which Ive never found specs on but assume is a 100 ml or two, or three.
A PID and HX pre-heat on a 1.8L boiler sounds... unnecessarily large - a lot of shots/rinses to turn it over.
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One factor mentioned around here previously is the amount of water in the brew path and the potential impact on its freshness. This is particularly relevant to the Minore with 1.8L brew boiler vs an HX, which Ive never found specs on but assume is a 100 ml or two, or three.
A PID and HX pre-heat on a 1.8L boiler sounds... unnecessarily large - a lot of shots/rinses to turn it over.
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Im a metallurgist, so boilers, grinding, leaching (what you guys call extraction) and PID control are my bread and butter. Obviously i can see the simplicity of a HX (another tool of my trade) machine, but the idea of twin boilers, one boiler and one water heater to be exact and PID control sound like the perfect technical solution for repeatability and perfection. So why wouldnt i get the twin boiler machine over the HX machines? Im torn. I dont know what to get.
Bit of background. I make lattes, everyone who comes round has lattes, nobody has sugar, ever. I dont mind a ristretto, but i never make them. Currently i have a gaggia baby twin which is surprisingly awesome for the price, but milk frothing leaves a lot to be desired. By surprisingly awesome, i mean that i can make a coffee at home that is 98% as good as the best cafes in town. But when entertaining, the milk frothing is annoying and latte art is limited to drawing arses on the top, though i maintain they are peaches.Tags: None
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