The refractometer has arrived!

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Yep, the refractometer has arrived by mail! It’s quite exciting. This one is calibrated for the Brix scale—it indicates the amount of sugar and other dissolved solids in water. Drip a couple of drops of juice from the veg of your choice onto the screen, point at light, and peer through eyepiece to find out how nutrient-dense it really is (it’s a tool to see if we can measure results from this season’s remineralization plans). As easy and meaningful as it sounds? Well, we’ll see!

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    • I got this one. I looked at Lee Valley’s and a couple of others and picked this for convenience – I’m assuming any at around this price, $50, will be similar. This one “has a built-in automatic temperature Compensation system from 0 to 30 degrees C so your brix readings wont be skewed by temperature,” which I believe refers to otherwise having to convert for measurements taken at a temperature other than the original calibration temperature of the instrument, not sure if that’s pretty standard. (I’ll be clearer on everything when I start using it. :)

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  1. By measuring the bending of light through the refractometer (in degrees Brix),
    you can determine fluid concentrations. The newly launched refractometer will be better to use and give right measurement.

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  2. Okay, that’s one of the ones I’ve been looking at. How have you liked it? Have you had a chance to play with it enough yet?

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