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Water Hardness Testing Strip HD5085/01 996530039604

The right water is crucial to the taste of the coffee because coffee is comprised of 98% water.

Knowing the hardness of the water you use in your espresso machine is very important. Not only can using hard water affect the taste of coffee but it can also damage machine components.  Hard water produces scale on machine parts which requires machines to be descaled with greater frequency to keep it running optimally.  

You can test your water hardness using these water hardness testing strips so you can be sure you are descaling accordingly.

For machines without the option to set the water hardness levels in the program, use this guideline for a descaling schedule:

    • low hardness - every 3 months  
    • medium hardness - every 2 months 
    • high hardness - every 6 weeks
    • very high hardness - every 4 weeks 

 

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TL
12/24/2023
Trent L.
Canada
I recommend this product

One strip $10.00!!!!!

Poor experience. Wanted to support Canadian so I purchased from here. Issue is that I assumed that there were 3 strips for $10 which was the going rate at other online retailers. However when I received the item, there was only 1 strip. Add the $10 for shipping, I paid $20 for 1 water test strip.

AJ
04/10/2023
ASHIF J.
Canada
I recommend this product

Water hardness test

Easy to use. But had to look online for test results. I had 1 square in different color. Better instructions or better test result after water test would be Nice.

IT
05/19/2021
Iavor T.
Canada
I recommend this product

Important to prolong service intervals

Very easy to use. It took about 2 minutes to test and setup the machine.