Here in the USA, due to occupational health and safety concerns,
almost all the cafe establishments operate with the restriction
of NO BOILING WATER!. As a consequence they are unable to brew
a decent pot of black tea!.
Now most of these places have espresso machines with milk steaming
attachments. So here's my question.
What is the temperature of the fluid (air/steam) which comes out
of the steaming heads? Is it above the boiling point of water?
and so, IF I ASKED NICELY, could be used by the barrista to heat
the water in the teapot to boiling, and so fit to brew a decent
pot of tea.
Asking them to nuke a pot doesn't work because:
- the pots usually have at least some metal fittings
- water in a mug often super heats, and explodes when
the cup is first disturbed.
--
Rostyk

Rostyslaw J. Lewyckyj wrote:
Here in the USA, due to occupational health and safety concerns,
almost all the cafe establishments operate with the restriction
of NO BOILING WATER!. As a consequence they are unable to brew
a decent pot of black tea!.
Now most of these places have espresso machines with milk steaming
attachments. So here's my question.
What is the temperature of the fluid (air/steam) which comes out
of the steaming heads? Is it above the boiling point of water?
and so, IF I ASKED NICELY, could be used by the barrista to heat
the water in the teapot to boiling, and so fit to brew a decent
pot of tea.
Asking them to nuke a pot doesn't work because:
- the pots usually have at least some metal fittings
- water in a mug often super heats, and explodes when
the cup is first disturbed.

Luckily, over here we have no such problem, in fact the opposite - I
keep cracking cups as they are often cold (in the trailer) when the
boiling water hits them.

You can steam hot water to boiling in a few seconds, so yes, I'd ask
the barista to do that before adding the tea.

--
Regards, Danny

http://www.gaggia-espresso.com (a purely hobby site)
(apparently bad grammar but I like it that way...)

"Rostyslaw J. Lewyckyj" writes:

Here in the USA, due to occupational health and safety concerns,
almost all the cafe establishments operate with the restriction
of NO BOILING WATER!.

Can this be true? I can think of lots of things that go on in a
restaurant that would be impossible without boiling water.

/Lew
---
Lew Perin /
http://www.panix.com/~perin/babelcarp.html

Finding the keyboard operational
Rostyslaw J. Lewyckyj entered:

Here in the USA, due to occupational health and safety concerns,
almost all the cafe establishments operate with the restriction
of NO BOILING WATER!. As a consequence they are unable to brew
a decent pot of black tea!.
Now most of these places have espresso machines with milk steaming
attachments. So here's my question.
What is the temperature of the fluid (air/steam) which comes out
of the steaming heads? Is it above the boiling point of water?
and so, IF I ASKED NICELY, could be used by the barrista to heat
the water in the teapot to boiling, and so fit to brew a decent
pot of tea.
Asking them to nuke a pot doesn't work because:
- the pots usually have at least some metal fittings
- water in a mug often super heats, and explodes when
the cup is first disturbed.

Never heard of such restriction. Is it just your local place? I can't
imagine "no boiling water" ever being legislated for a food establishment.
Bob


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www.moondoggiecoffee.com

Never heard of such restriction. Is it just your local place? I can't
imagine "no boiling water" ever being legislated for a food establishment.
Bob

I don't know if it's legalized or not, but I currently work at such a
cafe (still in college, was a part time job this last semester, still
there for the summer months) and the espresso machine and drip coffee
maker we have don't bring the water to a boil. Boiling the water in a
pitcher using a steam nozzle is possible, but slightly difficult, as
the water tends to rapidly expand out the top of the pitcher in all
directions. So your barrista may not be open to such an idea, as it's
remarkably easy to burn oneself.

TeaDave wrote:

I don't know if it's legalized or not, but I currently work at such a
cafe (still in college, was a part time job this last semester, still
there for the summer months) and the espresso machine and drip coffee
maker we have don't bring the water to a boil. Boiling the water in a
pitcher using a steam nozzle is possible, but slightly difficult, as
the water tends to rapidly expand out the top of the pitcher in all
directions. So your barrista may not be open to such an idea, as it's
remarkably easy to burn oneself.


I doubt that many espresso machines can operate without boiling the
water unless it's a twin boiler with the brew boiler below boiling, or
the more usual system of mixing cold water with the boiler water
before the dispenser. Could explain a lot of bad espresso though.


--
Regards, Danny

http://www.gaggia-espresso.com (a purely hobby site)
(apparently bad grammar but I like it that way...)

the espresso machine and drip coffee
maker we have don't bring the water to a boil.

Might be against the local laws, but definitely impossible under the laws of
thermodynamics, which are far more rigorous than any local ordinance.


--
Alan


www.coffeeco.com.au

Nothing boils water faster than steam. The supersaturated steam packs
more calories and if released under pressure can be hotter than
boiling. I think the problem might be the fit. It is designed for
cups not pots at least that is what I discovered with my home expresso
which was a gift. Even at that boil the water in the cup and pour
into the pot but I guess that is the ordinance. Someone recently
suggested using a silicon tube hooked up to their pressure cooker
which I know would solve my expresso clearance problem. I'd run the
tube from the jet to the pot sitting beside. I'm sure the dishwasher
is still at boiling. I assume you are talking about serving. I sleep
better at night knowing a waiter can only scald me with less than
boiling water. Just so long as they don't pass laws against flaming
fajitas.

Jim

PS I switched to a 1500w electric pot. It makes water holy real
fast.

Rostyslaw J. Lewyckyj wrote:
Here in the USA, due to occupational health and safety concerns,
almost all the cafe establishments operate with the restriction
of NO BOILING WATER!. As a consequence they are unable to brew
a decent pot of black tea!.
Now most of these places have espresso machines with milk steaming
attachments. So here's my question.
What is the temperature of the fluid (air/steam) which comes out
of the steaming heads? Is it above the boiling point of water?
and so, IF I ASKED NICELY, could be used by the barrista to heat
the water in the teapot to boiling, and so fit to brew a decent
pot of tea.
Asking them to nuke a pot doesn't work because:
- the pots usually have at least some metal fittings
- water in a mug often super heats, and explodes when
the cup is first disturbed.
--
Rostyk

Space Cowboy wrote:
-snip-
PS I switched to a 1500w electric pot. It makes water holy real
fast.

Pah, that's nothing. Considering you Merkins have everything bigger
and better than us Brits, at least we have proper manly kettles (and
proper electric) which have 3kw at 230v to heat the water *real*
quick. Even my espresso machine has 4500w/230v to help it's 16 litre
boiler do it's stuff


--
Regards, Danny

http://www.gaggia-espresso.com (a purely hobby site)
(apparently bad grammar but I like it that way...)

Many places I've ordered tea in the USA, such as Star*ucks, use a
special spigot with an orange handle to provide the hot water. With all
the noise this spigot makes I've wondered if it provides water that is
hotter than boiling. Is that possible given laws of physics?

The more peculiar thing I've run into is where food service people won't
put the tea bags in the cup before the water. A server at a well-known
breakfast chain restaurant in Tempe, Arizona said he couldn't because of
Health Regulations. The counter person at a coffee shop in Rochester, NY
also refused citing New York State Health Regulations. However, she
passed me the empty paper cup, I took the tea bag packages from the
counter display, tore them open, and put the bags in the cup. I then
passed the cup back to her and she added the hot water from the orange
handled spigot.

Has anyone else run into this?

Rostyslaw J. Lewyckyj wrote:
Here in the USA, due to occupational health and safety concerns,
almost all the cafe establishments operate with the restriction
of NO BOILING WATER!. As a consequence they are unable to brew
a decent pot of black tea!.

TeaDave wrote:
Never heard of such restriction. Is it just your local place? I can't
imagine "no boiling water" ever being legislated for a food establishment.
Bob

I don't know if it's legalized or not, but I currently work at such a
cafe (still in college, was a part time job this last semester, still
there for the summer months) and the espresso machine and drip coffee
maker we have don't bring the water to a boil. Boiling the water in a
pitcher using a steam nozzle is possible, but slightly difficult, as
the water tends to rapidly expand out the top of the pitcher in all
directions. So your barrista may not be open to such an idea, as it's
remarkably easy to burn oneself.

Thanks. I was hoping that it would be comparable, i.e. no more dangerous
than frothing milk. i.e. Fill the Bodum with the _hot_ water provided
for making tea, steam that to a boil, and then put in the brewing cup
with its tea and plunger.
Well it looks like I'll have to stick to green teas at the cafe
in the local Barnes and Noble or Borders book stores.

Even in restaurants getting tea brewed with boiling water is almost
impossible around here. , and they usually have only the dinky
one cup capacity pots and no choice in teas.
--
Rostyk

Am 26 Jun 2007, Rostyslaw J. Lewyckyj schrieb:


Thanks. I was hoping that it would be comparable, i.e. no more
dangerous than frothing milk. i.e. Fill the Bodum with the _hot_ water
provided for making tea, steam that to a boil, and then put in the
brewing cup with its tea and plunger. Well it looks like I'll have to
stick to green teas at the cafe in the local Barnes and Noble or
Borders book stores.

Considering the quality of the tea you would get, this is no great
loss. Of course, the green tea is never very good, either.


--

A certain lawsuit arising from a McDonald's coffee spill is coming to
mind. You can, in part, thank stupid people like that for the
hesitance to allow piping hot water.

I assume this regulation doesn't apply to restaurants... no boiling
water would screw up a lot of recipes, I imagine.

-Brent

On 2007-06-26 18:23:34 -0500, Brent said:

I assume this regulation doesn't apply to restaurants... no boiling
water would screw up a lot of recipes, I imagine.

There is also the issue of sanitation if one does not use boiling water.
--
Aaron Hsu

"No one could make a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he
could do only a little." - Edmund Burke

It's not true.

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"Rostyslaw J. Lewyckyj" writes:

Here in the USA, due to occupational health and safety concerns,
almost all the cafe establishments operate with the restriction
of NO BOILING WATER!.

Can this be true? I can think of lots of things that go on in a
restaurant that would be impossible without boiling water.

/Lew
---
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http://www.panix.com/~perin/babelcarp.html