Looks like it's not the grinder
I used the small Moulinex grinder on the Dark Beans this morning - they taste just the same - mixed with tea leaves. :puke:
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Originally Posted by
Alh01
Take the beans back to Aldi - they've sold you a bad batch!
I still think that is the most likely cause. I've already cleared the way with the manager to do that (including the opened bag).
Coffee water in brief English.....and just metric
Using scales accurate to 0.1 gram (and not everyone will have these)
½ teaspoon Sodium Bicarbonate weighs 2.6 grams
2½ teaspoons Magnesium Sulphate weighs 12.4 grams (this is small granules, not powder which would be a little heavier)
1 US gallon is 3.785 litres
Distilled water can be substituted by Pureau brand, I'm sure. Pureau has nil salts and is a small fraction of the price - it is also obtainium.
Alkalinity buffer water - 1 litre water + 2.6g Bicarb Soda (NaHCO3) (and use 66.5 mls or grams of this solution per 4 litres of "Coffee Water")
Magnesium Hardness Water - 1 litre water + 12.4b Epsom Salts (MgSO4) (and use 195.5 mls or grams of this solution per 4 litres of "Coffee Water")
To make the Coffee Water:
- remove 262 mls or grams of water from 4 litres.
- add back 66.5 mls or grams of Alkalinity Buffer water
- add back 195.5 mls or grams of Magnesium Hardness water
Or, do it the very simple way
Glider, as our resident Industrial Chemist, can advise on the efficacy of what I would propose here (I dunno if the solutions need to be separate - but I doubt it):
- Get 4 litres of water
- add 0.17g of Bicarb Soda (weigh 1g and divide it into 6 - do NOT inhale through a rolled up bank note)
- add 2.4g of Epsom Salts (weigh 5g and divide it in two, traditionally done with a credit card :D)
The reason that Whole Latte Love makes up the separate litres of Magnesium water, and particularly Alkalinity buffer is because weighing 0.17g may be impossible with the instruments available. I still can't see why those two individual litres can't be combined for ease of storage though. Mick?
I have assumed that WLL has kept accurate track of all the proper measurements when he mixed Imperial and Metric, and I have assumed he means US Gallons. He may not even be aware that there are "US" Gallons and "Imperial" gallons (which are very different), for all we know.
I've checked the numbers and calcs a couple of times, but let me know if there are any errors.