Keurig and calcium
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dmccarty
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That is what I do. Put a funnel holding the coffee basket full of coffee on top of my my insulated thermos and pour heated water over grounds. Done. The insulated thermos keeps the coffee hot/warm all day. :thumbsup:
Later,
Dan
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I feel like I"ve been down the same road. Our first lasted several years but it also seemed like it clogged and wouldn't stay open. The pipe cleaner thing works for me most of the time. One thing I have found is some K cups seem to flow slower than others. In the case of these, it seems like grounds back up inside part way and just running water through it without a K cup keeps it flushed out. I've learned to stay away from the brands that seem to slow.
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I think the real solution to your problem is a water softener. If you are having scaling problems in your coffee maker, you are likely also having scaling problems in your faucets, pipes, and other fixtures.
I have always had hard water where ever I lived, and the cost of replacing appliances and fixtures is far more than the initial cost of operating cost of a good water softener. A properly spec'd softener should not use more than 1 bag of salt per month. In my case, our water has 785ppm of TDS which is absurdly high. I have a 2.5 cubic foot 10% cross linked resin tank with a 1" port Fleck valve unit. In Canada I paid $2,500 for it, and I use about 1 - 1.5 20kg bags per month and I have incredibly soft water as a result - and that's with 5 ladies in the house. When I first bought this house, I had to replace all the faucets throughout, because they were calcified beyond repair. In year's passed when I didn't have a softener, I was replacing our coffee maker almost every 3 months and a new faucet would start showing signs of bad spray patterns within a few weeks.
Hard water can also be bad for your health: it causes gall and kidney stones, and bone spurs. The negative effects of softened water (via ion exchange) is the sodium content in the water, however, most experts agree that the amount is too low to impact health, even for those who are on low-sodium diets.
Beware water softener salesmen, they will often sell you a system that is poorly spec'd for your usage and circumstances. I fell prey to this several times. In my last house my water had a 3rd the TDS that this one does, but this time I did my research, spec'd out my own system, and now I use less salt and have softer water.
. . . just my two sense.
I have always had hard water where ever I lived, and the cost of replacing appliances and fixtures is far more than the initial cost of operating cost of a good water softener. A properly spec'd softener should not use more than 1 bag of salt per month. In my case, our water has 785ppm of TDS which is absurdly high. I have a 2.5 cubic foot 10% cross linked resin tank with a 1" port Fleck valve unit. In Canada I paid $2,500 for it, and I use about 1 - 1.5 20kg bags per month and I have incredibly soft water as a result - and that's with 5 ladies in the house. When I first bought this house, I had to replace all the faucets throughout, because they were calcified beyond repair. In year's passed when I didn't have a softener, I was replacing our coffee maker almost every 3 months and a new faucet would start showing signs of bad spray patterns within a few weeks.
Hard water can also be bad for your health: it causes gall and kidney stones, and bone spurs. The negative effects of softened water (via ion exchange) is the sodium content in the water, however, most experts agree that the amount is too low to impact health, even for those who are on low-sodium diets.
Beware water softener salesmen, they will often sell you a system that is poorly spec'd for your usage and circumstances. I fell prey to this several times. In my last house my water had a 3rd the TDS that this one does, but this time I did my research, spec'd out my own system, and now I use less salt and have softer water.
. . . just my two sense.
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I can attest to that, daughter#2 and I both have eczema, and hard water makes for horrible rashy flare-ups. Soft water, no problems at all.
New Bunn MCS arrived yesterday. I believe we are going to love, love, love this machine.
1) Much more compact than any of the Keurigs.
2) Makes superb coffee with K-cups. The flavor stays good even when it cools off. With both Keurig and electric perk, this was not the case. Will try loose coffee after we get some of the tiny paper filters.
3) Only a *little* more fiddly than a Keurig - just a bit more effort to manually remove the cup "drawer" and insert/remove K-cup; does require filling your-cup-size amount of water each cycle. This is actually a GOOD thing.
4) Brews quite hot - about 200deg.
5) Not particularly quiet (which I LIKE). The pumping mechanisms and cycle sounds much different and a lot more "robust" than the Keurig. Unlike Keurig, the pump is evidently only to transfer from the hot tank to the cup since there is no reservoir. FORCEFUL pumping into the cup!
6) The housing stays warm but not hot when in standby. Hopefully not too much energy wasted. Hot tank is about 28 oz capacity.
7) Perfectly suits our usage of 1 or maybe 2 cups/day each without trying to keep already-made coffee servable.
8) 2-year warranty with what is reported to be actual, real USA customer service.
Hopefully, I can bump this thread in about 5 years to say "hasn't clogged yet!!".
1) Much more compact than any of the Keurigs.
2) Makes superb coffee with K-cups. The flavor stays good even when it cools off. With both Keurig and electric perk, this was not the case. Will try loose coffee after we get some of the tiny paper filters.
3) Only a *little* more fiddly than a Keurig - just a bit more effort to manually remove the cup "drawer" and insert/remove K-cup; does require filling your-cup-size amount of water each cycle. This is actually a GOOD thing.
4) Brews quite hot - about 200deg.
5) Not particularly quiet (which I LIKE). The pumping mechanisms and cycle sounds much different and a lot more "robust" than the Keurig. Unlike Keurig, the pump is evidently only to transfer from the hot tank to the cup since there is no reservoir. FORCEFUL pumping into the cup!
6) The housing stays warm but not hot when in standby. Hopefully not too much energy wasted. Hot tank is about 28 oz capacity.
7) Perfectly suits our usage of 1 or maybe 2 cups/day each without trying to keep already-made coffee servable.
8) 2-year warranty with what is reported to be actual, real USA customer service.
Hopefully, I can bump this thread in about 5 years to say "hasn't clogged yet!!".
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Still, most, if not all, coffee maker problems start with crappy water!
Hard water, raised to near or above boiling point WILL precipitate out solids I.e. iron, calcium.
Fix your water, fix your coffee?
Hard water, raised to near or above boiling point WILL precipitate out solids I.e. iron, calcium.
Fix your water, fix your coffee?
