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Lets kick off with some beautiful measuring equipment and it's even coffee related for some projects I'm doing. Micrometer (1 micron), depth gauge (1 micron) and calipers (10 micron). A pleasure to use, especially the callipers as my other set are Mitutoyo, but 60 years old (my dads) and in thou. [upl-image-preview url=//i.imgur.com/JUG8VW8.jpeg] **With the new image function, to see a larger image, right click, open in a new tab and you can zoom in and see it full size. with much higher resolution.**

Not nearly as desirable as Dave's Mitutoyo triptych, but I my AliExpress order arrived, Timemore scales and tamping stand. https://p8.f1.n0.cdn.getcloudapp.com/items/6quvgKo1/d1df3fad-2e19-4680-8ce4-1b3b2beda9c9.jpg https://p8.f1.n0.cdn.getcloudapp.com/items/2NuPLY8D/e86b8e20-5899-4d8c-9d5f-c6d9f5ac229c.jpg https://p8.f1.n0.cdn.getcloudapp.com/items/jkuEwdpG/3de85076-95b0-4234-8023-c13f2363b3dd.jpg Tamping stand reminds me of a monolith from 2001: A Space Odyssey. https://p8.f1.n0.cdn.getcloudapp.com/items/7KuA5eZw/ab5f8c5e-ae80-4b21-9ca1-6eaf383dc281.jpg

My monthly subscription from Penningtons of Kendal arrived today; Christmas blend! [upl-image-preview url=//i.imgur.com/AFRDNS1.jpeg]

* I also got some Christmas blend today! Hope I’ve loaded the pic correctly?? [upl-image-preview url=//i.imgur.com/QuXtFn2.jpeg ]

> @"Gagaryn"#p128 AliExpress order arrived, Timemore scales Great buy, I love mine (from the same place). Hope you will like it too.

[upl-image-preview url=//i.imgur.com/qlDZuph.jpeg] [upl-image-preview url=//i.imgur.com/SfLyUYa.jpeg] [upl-image-preview url=//i.imgur.com/MxKdHpG.jpeg] Well Friday to be correct, new PID for the Verona (snazzy blue ) with angled corners, update from the old red figured one. Up and running again now 😄 .

@"Elcarajillo"#p228 Photo or it didn't happen! ![Giphy - Cat Click GIF by Kochstrasse™](https://media2.giphy.com/media/RKpIEiPZs2eaBQH6Cg/giphy.gif?cid=bb77869f9j8d7hwxdlf8b2ic6ooy0nldw512cynx6sgxzpzi&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g)

Getting this up three flights of stairs was fun. 😫 https://p8.f1.n0.cdn.getcloudapp.com/items/P8u84KYQ/8b682a6b-1150-4422-868a-c702db2c2a05.jpg

@"Elcarajillo"#p228 Looks good Frank, especially like the PID, much better than the old one…you going to keep the longer legs :😉 And @"Gagaryn"#p405 at least it isn't a Vesuvius Evo?

@"Gagaryn"#p405 All the legs are intact for a change.

What did postman bring today ?

DavecUK

There are approximately 250 special days in the year for the UK calendar, the enterprising roast can have a lot of discount days.

http://projectbritain.com/specialdays/jan.htm

This month we could have:

Apprenticeship Coffee (Celebrating National Apprenticeship week)
World Orphan Week Coffee - that would be a good one for Orphan Espresso to do
Shrove Tuesday Coffee - A special that tastes of Pancakes with sugar and lemon

There are so many days…..

Flat_Eric

This months offering from Penningtons of Kendal, and very nice it is too!

Hotmetal

Waitforme I had a kilo of Django’s Los Angeles a while back and just bought another. An excellent coffee, especially at their Kilo price. I got extra lucky, they sent me a code for like 20 or 25% off, so it would have been less than £20! So I added a bag of the Gatare to put through the Aeropress too.

Waitforme

Yes, it’s a very nice coffee @Hotmetal , I’ll certainly be buying from them again.

Just ordered 5 × 250gm bags from Rave, 3 bag coffee bundle, a bag of Guatemalan and a bag of Rwandan, got 15% discount as it was my first order from them.

I was tempted to order from Coffee Compass, the mysterious Kg price is bonkers.

Meldrew

These came yesterday curtesy of Brita. Checking my water as I am getting a blue film at the bottom of my kettle. Was wondering if it’s worth buying a ph meter.

DavecUK

Meldrew Was wondering if it’s worth buying a ph meter.

I have one, but they are a bugger to keep active. Mine has a glass electrode where it has to be soaked in a potassium chloride solution…for 24hrs if it’s dried out!

What does the kit show and is your kettle a steel one?

Meldrew

DavecUK It’s a stainless steel kettle which was brand new when I fitted the filter which is Brita st purity C unit to a tap.The water is showing 6 / 6.5 with ph indicator,after the filter with a GH of 179ppm, KH 107ppm. I was going for the Osmio but making room for one was not quite acceptable by the wife. Still working on her.

DavecUK

Meldrew 6 to 6.5 is about as acidic as milk.

Does your purity have a fixed or variable bypass, which number is it a 50, 150, 300? If it’s variable, what do you have it set to?

Meldrew

DavecUK It has a variable bypass which is set at 30% at the moment. If I set it at 40% the ph does not seem to alter but the GH and KH do rise.

DavecUK

Meldrew If your water is quite hard perhaps set the variable bypass much lower.

Norvin

Been putting together stuff over the last few weeks to take off the auto standby box on my Silvia V5 to effectively convert it to a V3, which involves replacing switches. Stuff is also there for putting a PID and pressure gauge on it.

Meldrew

DavecUK I was unsure doing this as the ph had dropped. The water is hard here. I will do some tests and try dropping the bypass to maybe 20% and keep an eye on things . I would rather test on a kettle where I can see the results and ensure all is correct before I take the plunge and purchasing my machine and do any harm to it. Here is a picture of the film that was in the kettle.

DavecUK

hard water for sure.

Meldrew

DavecUK Thanks for the help Dave. I will definitely turn the bypass down to 20% and see how I go. Would you say it’s worth getting the ph meter if I manage to look after it well. Hanna do one for about £54. I would get a more accurate reading then. How low can it go before it becomes a issue .

DavecUK

Meldrew I don’t believe pH meter is worthwhile…

Meldrew

DavecUK 👍

hornbyben

My new portafilter stand arrived, a £3.50 ice hockey puck.

It works well, although it could do with being about 5mm higher so that the portafilter rests perfectly flat on the work surface. That’ll make one handed puck prep easier, which is not that unusual with a 1 year old running round the house. This where the 3D printer comes in useful, as I can make a quick base to build it up.

hornbyben

As a quick follow on I designed and printed a holder for the puck so everything sits level.

My normcore tamper and 18g vst basket also arrived this morning. First shot was a bit fast, but happy with everything so far.

Waitforme

A wee selection from Rave. I’d not used them before so looking forward to trying some of their blends and SO.

PortafilterProcrastinator

It has arrived! Pretty much 5 days earlier than expected!

Although I have been caught on the hop and have no milk jug!

MediumRoastSteam

PortafilterProcrastinator - Just use a pint glass. :-)

DavecUK

PortafilterProcrastinator Definitely want to see photos

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