I too have stressed my concern for selling on this forum. Selling is selling – my reasoning is
that its too much in our nature to inadvertently, at times, twist findings to
make our product appear better than another. This is not good for our purpose so selling really should
not be advocated (okay, the Sunday exception is okay – but facts need to play
into that selling). But never should a product (be it a brewer, additive or a
specific vendor’s compost) be pitched to fix a specific problem, imo. And I agree with Tom, that numbers really shouldn’t be
considered as a sales pitch. But
in my short time learning about ACT, I’m seeing that there are many variables
to making the teas, where no one batch seems to be the same – even in the same
brewer. I have found true too, and its sad, that there isn’t much
sharing of recipes here. But then,
we are still hit with the variables involved. Composts are not even made the same. With the variables in mind, and I’ve suggested this
before, a good test for the group to do, would be to run several brewers at the
same time, through controlled tests.
It doesn’t have to be to prove one brewer superior to another, but maybe
to prove different methods over another (air pumps vs tea pumps vs air/tea
pumps); using multiple brewers of the different types to return a basis. Couldn’t these tests be done with the
same batch and amount of compost, the same batch and amount of feed additives,
the same batch and amount of water, brew time, temp, etc? I have not heard of such controlled tests – but maybe I’m
looking in the wrong places. Maybe too, interested brewer manufacturers might want to conduct
these tests, against each other, and share that information. The first annual AACT Brew-Off!! ?? This would encourage a type of competition
that would probably give the manufacturers increased incentive to further the
technology – making better and better teas. Competition encourages growth. The results we’re seeing now just doesn’t seem ‘apples to
apples’ as there are too many variables in this technology to be able to say X
brewer is better than Y brewer – it depends on the compost, the water, the
feed, the temp, etc, etc, etc. Side note: I’m considering this change in topic on the
list exciting. It’s a process showing
progress is being made. I see it
as a conversation topic that is going to cycle in the forum as the technology
continues to advance – so its not all that bad what we have been reading
lately. And I do believe that it
is going to cycle. I’m betting
that we’ll find the list moving back into the happy life of the how-tos and
what-fors of tea brewing once again once these statements of concern are made. But then, as those findings and
solutions are understood, conversation is going to cycle back to the concerns
and such we are seeing now (the next level). I say this is a very good sign –don’t get me wrong, I’m the
type that really dislikes politics, but this is how the process tends to work
itself. “and that’s a good thing” Mike -----Original
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