Hot liquid and Kava Prep

[Tfin]

So I understand that using hot liquid (water) to make kava using traditional prep typically produces a stronger grog.

Would using hot liquid in an AluBall for the first wash also produce a stronger shell than just cold/room temp......or does it not make a difference in the AluBall? I'm not talking scalding hot....you could still put your hand in it and not get burned.

 

[verticity]

You're not supposed to use hot water with the AluBall because it is not designed to be food safe with hot water...

 

[Tfin]

You're not supposed to use hot water with the AluBall because it is not designed to be food safe with hot water...

Ooooooohhhhhh, apparently I missed that. I've been using hot water for my first wash and was curious if I could just use cold and still get the same strength beverage. I also hated waiting for it to cool down. No more hot water then, thanks.

 

[verticity]

Ooooooohhhhhh, apparently I missed that. I've been using hot water for my first wash and was curious if I could just use cold and still get the same strength beverage. I also hated waiting for it to cool down. No more hot water then, thanks.

You can use room temperature water, it doesn't have to be cold...

 

[Zac Imiola (Herbalist)]

Yeah use warmish water to be in the middle. You can tell when cell walls are rupturing just looking at the kava. Much like tea or coffee there is a foam that is released or a white subtle like froth without the air pockets.

 

[maelstrom]

According to Wikipedia:

The melting point of polypropylene occurs at a range, so a melting point is determined by finding the highest temperature of a differential scanning calorimetry chart. Perfectly isotactic PP has a melting point of 171 °C (340 °F). Commercial isotactic PP has a melting point that ranges from 160 to 166 °C (320 to 331 °F), depending on atactic material and crystallinity. Syndiotactic PP with a crystallinity of 30% has a melting point of 130 °C (266 °F).[3] Below 0 °C, PP becomes brittle.[4]:247

The thermal expansion of polypropylene is very large, but somewhat less than that of polyethylene.[4]

I think the main concern would be the Aluball leaking and causing injury with boiling water.

 

[maelstrom]

Although maybe the ball itself is a different plastic. The bottle is polypropylene.

 

[Tfin]

Thanks for the reply's. I wasn't using boiling water....I was only bringing it up to a temp where you could still stick your hands in it without being burned.

Sounds like I don't even need to bring it up to that temp though, so good info, thanks again!

 

[GussWest]

Ask me what happens when you shake an aluball with hot water in a shaker bottle. Go ahead. Ask me.
Fun with Physics.

 

[Zac Imiola (Herbalist)]

What happens Guss!?

 

[GussWest]

What happens Guss!?

Shaker Goes Boom and Blows Chunks.