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titrisol · 08-06-2008, 02:59 AM

Salud!
any instant coffee will do the trick, I used store brands (as long as it is 100% coffee)
Arm&Hammer is sodium carbonate, in the Netherlands is DrieHoek Soda, in Germany is also sold in any supermarket as soda. There should be some in Romania (it seems to be a large exporter). DO NOT confuse it with Caustic Soda thouhg (NaOH)
Another alternative brand is pH+ in pool-supplies section of hardsware stores which is mostly carbonate.
In the worst case get some bicarbonate in the pharmacy/supermarket, put it in a pan/pyrex in an overn at ~150 C for a couple of hours and you should have converted the bicarbonate into carbonate.

PLEASE read the followng website, Donald is a great guy and he did a lot of work in 2004-2005, testing, refining and documenting.
http://silent1.home.netcom.com/Photo...d%20Times.html

Originally Posted by ftpaddict

Just spotted a bit of a problem:

No Arm&Hammer or Folger's Coffee Crystals available here!

Can anyone suggest any alternatives?

08-06-2008, 02:59 AM	#16
titrisol Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: ROTTERDAM/Quito and anywhere in between Gallery Photos: 2 Posts: 177	Salud! any instant coffee will do the trick, I used store brands (as long as it is 100% coffee) Arm&Hammer is sodium carbonate, in the Netherlands is DrieHoek Soda, in Germany is also sold in any supermarket as soda. There should be some in Romania (it seems to be a large exporter). DO NOT confuse it with Caustic Soda thouhg (NaOH) Another alternative brand is pH+ in pool-supplies section of hardsware stores which is mostly carbonate. In the worst case get some bicarbonate in the pharmacy/supermarket, put it in a pan/pyrex in an overn at ~150 C for a couple of hours and you should have converted the bicarbonate into carbonate. PLEASE read the followng website, Donald is a great guy and he did a lot of work in 2004-2005, testing, refining and documenting. http://silent1.home.netcom.com/Photo...d%20Times.html Originally Posted by ftpaddict Just spotted a bit of a problem: No Arm&Hammer or Folger's Coffee Crystals available here! Can anyone suggest any alternatives? __________________ Spottie Spottie Spotless Spottie Last edited by titrisol; 08-06-2008 at 03:11 AM..