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Part of Jim's little competition. Edited by Silverskin on September 9, 2007
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Ozzie_in_Iceland Says:
Awesome! How the hell did you clean that without getting it everywhere?
T.M.R Says:
Haha... A straw?? but who drank that?
muzzi Says:
hahaha 
I missed you last time I was in NZ, I wish I'd have known there was such a dedicated barista there!
Do you serve your long blacks as an espresso with a jug of hot water? Or the 'proper' way? Every long black I had in NZ was served in this odd way Some of them were fairly decent though!
Silverskin Says:
Hi there, I decided against drinking this one, grubby coin compartments and all.
Regarding the long black, different strokes I guess. Personally I prefer to prepare my hot water ahead of time and allow to cool to a better temperature for the espresso, which I then pull directly ontop from as short a distance as possible.
When I worked in Canada we made Americanos by sliding the shots down the edge of the cup from small lipped shot cups.
Silverskin Says:
Muzzi's question about the long black has just raised a question I have. When preparing long blacks or Americanos, where do you draw your hot water from? the espresso machine or or other source. I was told to never make these drinks using the water in the espresso machines boiler.
Any comments.
muzzi Says:
I've always used the espresso machine's water tap. Obviously you have some control over this, but for me, it's always been too cold for tea, but just right for a long black.
For long blacks, I prefer to have a double pulled over my hot water asap, or even better, a double ristretto pulled over a half a cup of hot water. Sometimes referred to as a half black. YUMM
Silverskin Says:
Hi Muzzi, I guess most of the machines I have used have been heat exchangers with little control over the hot water tap temp, usually being too hot to accomodate espresso in my experience.
Also the reason for not using the machines boiler water is for the poor quality of the water not so much the temp. Unless you're doing heaps of hot water based drinks that water ain't going to be very fresh.
muzzi Says:
It'll definitely make an ordinary long black if the water has been sat there for any length of time. However, most (commercial) espresso machines are hooked up to the water via a filter or purifier. Whilst (afaik) the main reason for this filters existence is to decalcify the water, it usually takes out other nasties too! Meaning that, assuming it's fresh, water that comes out of the espresso machine is arguably better than tap water!
Mine brewtus isn't hooked into the mains, but I still only pour filtered / purified water into it.
Of course, boiling tap water in the kettle will do a similar thing, and ignore everything I've said if the espresso machine in question hasn't been cleaned properly / descaled for a long time
I'm no expert though, and every machine is different! Definitely an interesting discussion. Much of this would be opinion and of course taste is subjective, but I don't suppose we have a chemist on RateMyRosetta to learn us?
Silverskin Says:
The boiler water is not fresh, as it has been heated over and over and can sometimes be the same recycled water for weeks and weeks. Of course taste is the determining factor, if you can hapily drink the water from your machines boiler go for it.
muzzi Says:
The water in my boiler doesn't last weeks and weeks Remember that depending on your machine, the water that is pushed through your coffee comes from the same boiler, so if it was bad in a long black, it would be bad in every coffee the machine made!
Silverskin Says:
Sorry but thats incorrect, maybe you should look at how a heat exchanger works. Come back to me on it.
muzzi Says:
I don't have a heat exchanger, its a duel boiler
Silverskin Says:
Exactly, I was referring to the majority of machines ie heat exchangers where the water for the coffee is not taken from the boiler.
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