Hi all, I can see some of you are still alive, I was pleased to see so many names on the Red Silex that just ended. Too bad our favorite friend just missed...
1039
stevem06301980
Dec 11, 2006 11:21 am
Anyone know how to get the small 2" diameter flat cloth filters for this tiny Hario unit? They are smooth on one side and fluffy on the other with a hole in...
1040
Larry Hollenberg
larryhollenb
Dec 11, 2006 2:35 pm
Steve, It sounds like you could use the silex filters, they come up now and then on ebay. Yama uses a filter of the same kind of cloth I would think, but they...
1041
s_annod
Dec 12, 2006 2:05 am
Hi Steve, I don't know where you can get those filters, but you can improvise. If you happen to own an Aerobie Aeropress, the paper filters work just fine....
1042
jjlthree
Dec 12, 2006 4:07 am
In lieu of patience, improvisation may be the key. I was lucky enough to by a box of 150 new, old stock Silex cloth filters last year. The smaller boxes come...
1043
stevem06301980
Dec 12, 2006 2:12 pm
... Thanks for your excellent suggestions! Steve ... <http://scott.marquardt.googlepages.com/invertedaeropressingforbettercof\...
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larry hollenberg
larryhollenb
Dec 14, 2006 1:54 am
Hi All, I have to ask this question. I posted a photo of a Wear Ever dated 1902. It is a improved method of boiled coffee from what Matt sent me information...
1045
larry hollenberg
larryhollenb
Dec 22, 2006 8:37 pm
Hello all, I want to wish that you all have a great holiday season and best wishes for the new year. Hope you find the collectable of your dreams this year! ...
1046
Ron
stebchem
Dec 30, 2006 6:21 pm
Hi Larry, We're not sure that you were supposed to boil the water with the inserts in the pot and ground coffee in one of the inserts. Perhaps you assembled...
1047
Larry Hollenberg
larryhollenb
Dec 30, 2006 8:27 pm
Hi Ron, Happy new year! Your correct on the basic operation. I called it a coffee boiler but really its an improvement called an infusion method I believe. I...
1049
larry hollenberg
larryhollenb
Jan 9, 2007 9:26 pm
Hi all, I have a little kitchen type narrow neck silex coffee maker here with burgandy, or maroon, colored trim, which may have been considered red at one...
1050
larry hollenberg
larryhollenb
Jan 9, 2007 9:42 pm
Hello all, Some of you received a message this morning from someone who joined only to send a lengthy message not related to the topics. Actually I didn't...
1051
Ron
stebchem
Jan 11, 2007 12:47 am
Hi Larry, We haven't tried to do much with bakelite trim except clean it *very* gently. We found auto polish to be useful. Glad you had good results with the...
1052
larry hollenberg
larryhollenb
Jan 11, 2007 5:06 pm
Hi all, I have been as usual testing out different coffee brewing methods. I have come to notice that sometimes a bean I brew say in a vac pot may not taste...
1053
Ian Bersten
ian_bersten
Jan 11, 2007 8:53 pm
Coffee is very temperature sensitive. For instance the DallaCorte espresso machine can brew with very accurate temperature control. I have been in the lab at...
1054
Larry Hollenberg
larryhollenb
Jan 11, 2007 9:31 pm
Thanks Ian, That seems to varify my findings also. Something else I noticed recently is that some beans will produce a very fine grind and another bean will ...
1055
Ian Bersten
ian_bersten
Jan 11, 2007 10:21 pm
The coffee grinds will vary with the freshness of the beans and the darkness. As coffee stales it absorbs moisture and gets softer. Fresh coffee will crack...
1056
Bo Long
long9875
Jan 12, 2007 2:40 am
Hey Larry - Many people think that vacpots using the glass rod do better with oily beans which is to say beans that have been roasted to "Full City" and...
1057
Ian Bersten
ian_bersten
Jan 12, 2007 3:11 am
Oiliness is often the result of staling. All dark roast beans will,eventually oil up. Some dark roast beans are oily slightly from the beginning. Very dark...
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Larry Hollenberg
larryhollenb
Jan 12, 2007 5:00 am
Bo, I wonder if maybe its because the dark roast, at least the ones I have sort of tend to clog up the filter and slow the desent of the coffee creating more...
1059
Bo Long
long9875
Jan 12, 2007 6:32 am
Ian - I am certainly not referring to beans which have oiled up due to staling by sitting out somewhere without vacuum or frozen storage. I am referring to the...
1060
Bo Long
long9875
Jan 12, 2007 6:37 am
Larry - That's probably true. I tend to like my coffee a bit over extracted anyway. EML ... ...
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Ian Bersten
ian_bersten
Jan 12, 2007 7:03 am
Bo, Interesting. I don't know how to tell that. They look the same. Ian ... -- Please note my new addresses: Ian Bersten ianbersten@... No virus found...
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Larry Hollenberg
larryhollenb
Jan 12, 2007 2:42 pm
EML, Me too, I am enjoying a very flavorful cup this morning from my old infuse pot. I still think they are hard to beat, but take longer. Larry ... ...
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Bo Long
long9875
Jan 12, 2007 5:04 pm
Ian - I have my own drum roaster, so I am coming from that vantage point and am therefore always assured of what my coffee is and what has been done to it...
1064
Ian Bersten
ian_bersten
Jan 12, 2007 8:52 pm
In that case you are right - it is the only way to know. Ian ... -- Please note my new addresses: Ian Bersten ianbersten@... No virus found in this...
1065
cal
calisgon
Jan 12, 2007 10:31 pm
Hello everyone, In my endless search for replacement gaskets I found the below company that at least has the small mouth gaskets made out of silicone. They...
1066
vacpotaddict
Jan 14, 2007 6:46 am
Hi Gary, You will find that company in the "Links" section. I was one of the guys helping the company put these together 7-8 years ago. I approached the...
1067
vacpotaddict
Jan 14, 2007 6:56 am
Larry, This is in response to your recent post about the bakelite piece that you used shoe polish on to shine it up. Bakelite is a primitive petroleum product...
1068
cal
calisgon
Jan 14, 2007 10:41 am
Hi Dave, Very interesting. I can see how the narrow neck would not sell weel, but the wide would. The new Bodum's narrow neck gasket works on some of the old...
