yakster Senior Member Joined: 25 Feb 2009 Posts: 1,006 Location: San Jose, CA Expertise: I live coffee
Espresso: Gaggia Factory / La Peppina... Grinder: Vario / Kyocera Vac Pot: Yama 8 + Pyrex Lox-in Rod Drip: Brazen / Kalita / Chemex /... Roaster: Behmor
Posted Mon Dec 24, 2012, 12:09am Subject: Re: Now we know what GORT is (Behmor BraZen Brewer)
You can generally pick up citric acid in bulk, and save on shipping, at your local homebrew shop. Just be careful you don't walk out the door with your arms loaded, lots of tempting stuff in there.
TK2FAST Senior Member Joined: 23 Jan 2009 Posts: 15 Location: PHOENIX AZ Expertise: I love coffee
Posted Mon Dec 24, 2012, 5:58am Subject: Re: Now we know what GORT is (Behmor BraZen Brewer)
Thanks germantownrob for the water info link...
An update: I have brewed another 3 pots since my last post and now I am getting about a quarter inch of water left after the brew cycle is over. Apparently my cleaning helped greatly, but not completely. Sent a tek request to Behmor on Saturday, so we will see what's next. I do have faith in Joe and the way problems are handled.
The Brazen only holds 1.9 litres so the 2.2 kg should do about 43 cleanings. Perhaps a staged manual release method would allow stretching the soak out over a period of time to get longer contact with the screen if needed.
Posted Tue Dec 25, 2012, 4:35pm Subject: Re: Now we know what GORT is (Behmor BraZen Brewer)
Love the brewer, not crazy about the carafe. Has anyone experimented with alternative carafes? I have a hard time using the supplied carafe without lots of spilling. The pour is not easy. Plus, it doesn't seem that great on heat retention. Any suggestions welcome.
The_Coffee_Guy Senior Member Joined: 5 Jan 2009 Posts: 105 Location: Toronto Expertise: I live coffee
Grinder: Baratza Encore Drip: Behmor BraZen Brew System,...
Posted Tue Dec 25, 2012, 10:32pm Subject: Re: Now we know what GORT is (Behmor BraZen Brewer)
joc3721 Said:
Love the brewer, not crazy about the carafe. Has anyone experimented with alternative carafes? I have a hard time using the supplied carafe without lots of spilling. The pour is not easy. Plus, it doesn't seem that great on heat retention. Any suggestions welcome.
I always find that putting a bit of hot water in the carafe before the brew to heat it up helps keep the temperature of the brewed coffee quite nice for the length of time I need
TK2FAST Senior Member Joined: 23 Jan 2009 Posts: 15 Location: PHOENIX AZ Expertise: I love coffee
Posted Wed Dec 26, 2012, 8:39am Subject: Re: Now we know what GORT is (Behmor BraZen Brewer)
I do the same with mine. The hot water first helps temper and pre-warm the cooler metal.
As far as the dripping: I have found that I first tilt the carafe in a full pour position and then push the release. This helps a lot but I still get dribbles at times.
Also when I remove my filter assembly about an ounce or more of water runs out of the spray area above and gets all over the base. So now when I remove the filter basket I throw a towel down to catch the water.
Additionally, if your not careful to pull the carafe straight out it will catch the filter basket and dump hot grounds on you hand and counter. My wife has done this a few times and burned her hand. This is a serious safety issue. Definitely hold the filter basket when removing carafe and then get rid of the hot grounds right away.
germantownrob Senior Member Joined: 2 Dec 2007 Posts: 2,014 Location: Philadelphia Expertise: I love coffee
Espresso: Duetto 3, A Dead Oscar Grinder: Vario-W, Preciso w/Esatto,... Drip: Brazen Roaster: Diedrich IR-1, HT B
Posted Thu Dec 27, 2012, 6:08am Subject: Re: Now we know what GORT is (Behmor BraZen Brewer)
I used the automatic brew for Christmas morning, go ahead recoil in horror and then roar with laughter. I was up until 3am or so baking and getting the morning ready for the kids (2 & 5) who would be down the stairs by 6:30am so I ground my 3 day old roast, filled the reservoir, filled the basket, set the brew time for 6am, and was able to walk down the stairs with the kids and pour a cup of Joe before they even had one present open.
I was so giddy over not having to be impatient about the brew cycle and with 15 adults and 8 kids due to arrive around noon I thought I could use this timer to my advantage. At 11:30 I brewed a pot and poured into a thermos, set up with a new brew on the timer to start in 30min, the thermos never ran dry for the next 8 hours, the bourbon did though.
Posted Tue Jan 1, 2013, 1:51pm Subject: Re: Now we know what GORT is (Behmor BraZen Brewer)
What temp shows on the screen when you calibrate? I'm at 250 ft altitude, and as I recall my calibration about 6 weeks ago showed 210. Did it again today and it stopped at 208. Just wondering if that's normal. Thanks.
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