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@kaia according to who? :0
the de facto numbers are a lot less bad (it’s only the same TYPE of risk)

@kaia
i have one friend (male) that smokes cigarettes without filters, does a myriad of harder drugs, eats processed meat
BUT
avoids microplastics like the plague

@MalibuSunrise tell him there's microplastics in the hard drugs

@kaia i dont try to argue with these quirks, men need them
i just chuckle about it

@kaia he's a bit of a coffee enthusiast like me and last time we spoke he complained about how hard it is to find an espresso machine without any plastic tubing

@MalibuSunrise @kaia tell me all about the issues with plastic tubing
or is it just about the microplastics

@twinspin6 @kaia yes, it's just about not wanting near boiling water to flow through food grade plastic tubing.
i guess you could argue that machines without it have a longer lifetime but also the plastic tubing wouldn't be a great pain to repair..

@MalibuSunrise @kaia well it do be food grade

@twinspin6 @kaia food grade means that there wont be any harmful chemicals oozing out at high temps as well as the plastic being sturdy enough to handle it.
microplastics are just a part of life with anything plastic

@MalibuSunrise @kaia so this friend (male) is trying to do away with plastics entirely? is there such an espresso machine?

@twinspin6 @MalibuSunrise @kaia kaffeeentsafter

@twinspin6 @MalibuSunrise @kaia kaffeeentsafter

@snacks @MalibuSunrise @twinspin6 @kaia the pressure gauge is plastic, no?

@ww @MalibuSunrise @twinspin6 @kaia not sure, might be acrylic glass. But the water doesn't touch any plastic

@snacks @MalibuSunrise @twinspin6 @kaia oh interesting, the part that inserts into the brew chamber is actually metal on the 58. i know on their other models it's plastic.