Desalinating Seawater Using a Stove Top Espresso Maker
Aug 17, 2016 13:03:22 GMT 10
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Post by ziggysdad on Aug 17, 2016 13:03:22 GMT 10
My wife is a very into her coffee. She prefers to make espresso the old fashion way, on the stove top espresso maker. We've got a couple 6 and 8 cup models that look like this:
And operate like this:
Any reason why filling the water tank with seawater wouldn't work? The water boils, the vapor/steam progresses up through the filter basket and collects in the upper chamber. Based on my past experiences with boiling seawater (have experimented with cooking lobsters, potatoes, pasta, etc. in seawater - as you do when you grow up on an island), I assume that you'd be left with salt residue (or a hyper salinated water) in the lower water tank and drinkable water (or coffee if you had coffee in the filter basket) in the upper chamber. Thoughts or concerns? Can anyone think of a reason I shouldn't test this out on one of my wife's espresso makers while she is overseas?
Jay - I've seen some of the videos and links you posted in 2014 and 2015 and have a bit of a handle on solar evaporation methods.
And operate like this:
Any reason why filling the water tank with seawater wouldn't work? The water boils, the vapor/steam progresses up through the filter basket and collects in the upper chamber. Based on my past experiences with boiling seawater (have experimented with cooking lobsters, potatoes, pasta, etc. in seawater - as you do when you grow up on an island), I assume that you'd be left with salt residue (or a hyper salinated water) in the lower water tank and drinkable water (or coffee if you had coffee in the filter basket) in the upper chamber. Thoughts or concerns? Can anyone think of a reason I shouldn't test this out on one of my wife's espresso makers while she is overseas?
Jay - I've seen some of the videos and links you posted in 2014 and 2015 and have a bit of a handle on solar evaporation methods.
