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Richard Periut
 
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Scott wrote:

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> Richard Periut > wrote:
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>>I know what you are trying to say. But we use the terms interchangeably.
>>It we were to dissect each word we here, we'll be spending useless time.
>>Yeah, steam is water vapor that is condensing. OK, I'll agree to that.

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> Except that I did not say that, so I don't agree. Steam is water in its
> gaseous phase; it is dry and invisible. Steam is not used to make
> espresso.
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OK, now that we have had a scientific polemic here about what steam is;
are you going to join the crusade of making sure the millions upon
millions of English speaking people around the glove never use steam
inappropriately.

It's like I hear you say, there is the sun rising on the East. We all
know that the sun is not really rising. We are the ones that are
rotating on our own axis; thus the phenomena observed. But people
continue to use it because it's a cliche.



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>>Back to the meat of this post: what comes out of my machine is the
>>condensation of water vapor and very hot water. It makes a killer
>>expresso. RO water has been very good. I never noticed any difference
>>when I used mineral water except for the fact that my heart is content
>>in knowing that there are much less toxins in it.

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> What comes out of your machine is hot water. Not steam. If it's a white
> cloud, it's liquid water, however hot it is. I'm not sure what you mean
> by using "mineral water."
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Mineral water is what I and most people refer also to as spring water.
Or are you going to get pedantic with that also? Get a friggin life...

Rich
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