Re: trycock cocoa espresso di mocha
| December 11, 2007 03:11PM |
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Jeff Badger Wrote:
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> Russ, we are not using any boiler compound in our
> loco's. We do have soft water though and that
> makes any hot drink tasty. My saying is this: "If
> you can't drink it, why put it in your boiler!"
>
> Of course I know that some places in this country
> the water is terrible and you need to treat. The
> best valve to use in making trycock cocoa and any
> other warm beverage would be the lower trycock.
Sounds great! I'll borrow my neighbor's esresso machine next time, if you can find some fittings to attach it to the trycock or the waterglass blowdown. It's fairly small, and would probably sit on the oilcan tray just fine. That might be just the little touch of class that we need to get Stacy to come back ...
Where do you get the soft water? Does the aquaduct from Hetch-Hetchy run that far south, or is there a good well on the property?
The tap water here in Ventura is awful; I try not to drink much of it, and don't even use it for my car's windshield washer 'cause it clogs the pump worse than soot clogs flues! No way would you want to put it in a locomotive boiler.
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> Russ, we are not using any boiler compound in our
> loco's. We do have soft water though and that
> makes any hot drink tasty. My saying is this: "If
> you can't drink it, why put it in your boiler!"
>
> Of course I know that some places in this country
> the water is terrible and you need to treat. The
> best valve to use in making trycock cocoa and any
> other warm beverage would be the lower trycock.
Sounds great! I'll borrow my neighbor's esresso machine next time, if you can find some fittings to attach it to the trycock or the waterglass blowdown. It's fairly small, and would probably sit on the oilcan tray just fine. That might be just the little touch of class that we need to get Stacy to come back ...
Where do you get the soft water? Does the aquaduct from Hetch-Hetchy run that far south, or is there a good well on the property?
The tap water here in Ventura is awful; I try not to drink much of it, and don't even use it for my car's windshield washer 'cause it clogs the pump worse than soot clogs flues! No way would you want to put it in a locomotive boiler.
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