Do BUGS and insects attracted? I've had some other liquor pourers, that looked similar to this. But when I use them on coffee flavors, bugs came.
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The pourer has an opening to allow the fuild to run back into the bottle rather than down the spout and onto the bottle. It is not 100% sealed so a slight amount to fuild will be present in the recess that catches the drips and odor will come from the inside of the bottle. I'm sure the bugs will come. But, I'm also sure, regardless of what pouring spout you use, the bugs will come. Use a bottle with a tight cap.
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Hi Michael,I use it in Oil bottle, no bugs or insects. I use it in HK(always wet + dusty + may flying bugs), usually I will cover it with a cloth or little plastic cup. Sometime I will forgot to do this, but no bugs found.
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I have only used the pourer for oil and vinegar. In my experience the pourer does not leak. I have not gotten drops of liquid around the pourer to attract insects.
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don't buy. it doesn't work correctly. i don't have bugs yet. i have olive oil in it, and it doesn't fit the bottle good
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We live in an area with a great amount of minerals in the water. I am suspect that it is your water that is creating your problem here, not the coffee maker. The reason I say that is because it has happened to my coffee maker also, and I do not have a Bunn. I was constantly cleaning up the "crud" after a few brews. We were going through coffee makers like a kid in a candy store. Heat seems to make the minerals gather together fast. Just an observation on my part....I am no scientist. I began to use bottled distilled or spring water in my coffee maker and no more mineral deposit problem. Actually, the coffee did taste fresher. I appreciate reading your response, because I know that I am not the only one with this water problem, and I will keep using bottled spring or distilled water for my coffee! Oh.....and I am going to buy a Bunn!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for your input.
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My wife and I both like "RedHots" brand. We bought THESE because of the low cost. We found Hoosier Hill to be just about as good as RedHots. My tastebuds are in very good shape, and we found NO problem like you described. Sounds like your batch got contaminated somehow.
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It didn't work. I finally came upon coffee grounds as a solution. Starbucks gives customers used grounds. I started spreading them around the mounds and near the scat. I replenished a few times and never needed to again.
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Rosemary, I'm not sure about those specific bugs, but I was having issues with cockroaches and crickets. the bug spray from the store took care of the cockroaches, but not the crickets. I bought this stuff, and after the first spray the outside perimeter looked like a cricket and cockroach graveyard. I thought I was going to have to dig a trench for a mass burial in my front yard. From my experience with this product, I think it would be safe to assume it would knock out your beetle problem.
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There is a charcoal disc filter that fits in the lid. I figured this was more for odor control than any barrier to fruit flies. Perhaps the ones that got in there went in with the banana peels but there don't seem to be any hovering around the bin. It could be the filter blocks some of the attraction of the contents from the flies. Also, I do give it a daily dose of coffee grounds. That probably helps.
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The only time I've had a problem was when I froze beans. I've since learned that isn't actually good for the beans anyway. But Peet's Major Dickason's blend is my choice also, and works just fine in this coffee maker! I do always, always brew on "strong" and use just a touch less water than the carafe indicates.Edited to add: I 've just read some other answers, and I'm embarrassed - but happy - to report that we never clean the chute. The only time we did was after we froze the beans and they gunked up the works!
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My Terro is still clear, though I have had it for only five months. How/where did you store it? Perhaps light and/or temperature may cause Terro to change color. Update - I used it again two weeks ago as my little friends were back!! Since the first time I used Terro (Feb of 2013) I had not seen any "Crazy" (sugar) Ants, but upon arriving home last week from an extended trip I found my "little friends" had returned. As before, I placed a dozen of so pieces of paper with a drop of Terro near the paths/concentrations I could see. After an hour there were dozens of ants at each drop of Terro. I checked the baits the next morning, and again most were empty except for a few dead looking ants, but if I disturbed them, many quickly became animated and began their usual "crazy" movement. Again, "SUCCESS", though I have seen a few crazy ants, but no concentrations as before. One thing that I tried with some "apparent" success, is spraying all areas that had Crazy Ants with a mixture of water and Lysol and dish soap, scrubbing thoroughly. So far no ants of any significance.
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My beans do smell a little... acrid and icky. I'm making extract right now and it smells strongly of vodka and vanilla, no trace of that acrid smell. However my vanilla has been maturing for two months and it's still not ready. Kind of a bummer, but not their fault.
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I don't own this coffee maker, but I did own a Hamilton Beach and it did the same thing. Couldn't smell the coffee over the plastic. Nothing I did got that smell out either. Had to return it because you could taste the plastic in the coffee.
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I make all my own ice cream, never malt, although it does sound wonderful and now is on my mind as my next flavor this summer. My assumption would of been that one would just purchase malt powder to put in the ice cream base...So I am sorry, but I don't have a clue as to how this bakers couche could aid in adding a malt flavor. Wish I could help.
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I keep the grinder for coffee for coffee alone. If we are talking about spices, there is often a sort of co-mingling in the course of a dish so it isn't that important if there is a little mix in the flavorings. I do wish it very carefully with detergent and water but would not guarrantee no cross-contamination.
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Here's the deal. The coffee make I had was of a slightly different design, and I wrote to the company and explained my problem. They acknowledged that in fact there was a design flaw in the model that I had and replaced it with the model illustrated. The new one works great. I will be removing my review.
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Yeh Bruce I was super anal about not "cross contaminating" my grind but I have not had an issue yet. Only issue I had was when I first bought this grinder I tasted a metallic after taste in my coffee. I was ready to return it but gave it a couple weeks and I'm glad I did. I think the burrs just needed to be seasoned. Which goes back to the question "SHOULD I clean my grinder, not WHEN.
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I got this feeder, and I have NO NO Problem with the this feeder getting any kind of bugs what so ever. When I do change out the the food I make sure that the feeder is cleaned up real good, and around the holes. Refill and put the feeder back up, and it is put up high in front of my Bay window. When it is real hot I change out the food every week. When it is cooler weather every other week. The best feeder I have ever had, and believe me I have had a lot of different feeders. Good Luck
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I got one about two years ago. It continues to brew great coffee since day one. There was one time the coffee did not come out right -- weak coffee. Upon investigation -- we forgot to clean the chute. It was clogged big time. Since then we clean the chute more regularly. We love the coffee so much, we brew the coffee several times a day. No problem what so ever other than the one time clogged chute incident. A friend of ours loved our coffeee so much we got one for him as a gift. He has a lot problem with the grind since the first week he got it. To my knowledge he is still having the problem to this day.
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What is happening is VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds) are off-gassing or releasing from the plastic water tank. I recently purchased a barely used B150 and I noticed a strong PVC smell and plastic taste to my mochas. The smell comes directly from the tank and no where else. Now I know why someone sent this brand new unit back. Did a little research and this seems to be widespread. Currently I've left the water tank empty, lid off and the unit ON. The PVC smell in my kitchen is STRONG in the air. I'm going to let it off-gas for a couple of days and run 40 oz of straight Heinz White Vinegar through it. Several people have reported success doing that. I've also ordered a new 'pour over' tank from Keurig to replace the direct line one that doesn't have a grip inside for removal. Mine is no where near a water source and I wanted the 12 oz cup option with a pour over tank. I'll let you know how the new tank smells when I open it. I hope to rid the existing tank of the plastic smell as much as humanly possible and hope the new Keurig direct tank is a different plastic manufacture.