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Richard Periut > wrote:

> 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.

Don't be silly. The issue was as regards a specific reference: the
fallacious definition of espresso as "a strong coffee brewed by forcing
steam under pressure through darkly roasted, powdered coffee beans." In
this instance, "steam" has the clear connotation of referring to water
raised above the boiling point. The definition is simply wrong. Water in
its gaseous phase is not forced through ground coffee.



> 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...

You're really one for assumptions, aren't you? I did not say that
mineral water referred to anything specific; I said that I don't know
how YOU use that term. Some people use it to refer to any sort of
bottled water--despite the fact that many bottled waters that call
themselves "mineral water" are basically just filtered tap water. Like
people calling clouds of liquid water, "steam." Other sources insist
that mineral water refers only natural spring or artesian well waters.
An article in The Guardian earlier this year stated that The Radisson
Edwardian Hotels chain, at its Leicester Square hotel, sold filtered tap
water under the title "mineral water."

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