Re: Cona coffee brewer


not-my-name@die-spam-die wrote:
> When I tried pure methanol (Heet[R] gas line cleaner) as the fuel in
> my Hario Nouveau, it worked much better than either of the above
> liquids that were sold specifically as fuels. Do you suppose the
> Evercoat and the Jasco fuels had deliquesced (acquired water) over the
> years of storage in my basement? My _guess_ is that, if the seals on
> the cans had been ineffective to keep water vapor from getting in,
> then the ethanol/methanol inside the cans equally well could have
> evaporated out; but there may be gas pressure issues that could make
> imperfect seals into passable one-way valves.

Hi (What does the T. stand for, anyway?),

It seems much more likely that you opened the cans many times in the
course of using half of them, and the alcohol, which is extremely
hygroscopic, pulled the water vapor out of the air you let in while
doing so. Each batch of air was mostly replaced while the lid was off,
and so fresh water vapor came in each time as well.

Best,
David "it's really hard to know just what an experiment is telling
you" Lewis

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