I too usally do mine overnight, and I usally put more water in the flask than it says. In this colder weather I too leave the tap water in a jug whilst I get everthing together.
I'm glad it worked for you in the end! We are recent convert to easiyo and my family would never go back to shop bought again. Our favourite is the wildberry drinking variety.
The only time I had a problem seemed to be when I didn't stir/shake it well enough to start with and the botton set whilst the top was runny, but I shook it and left it for a few more hours.
If I want it to be thicker still, do I add more hot water again??
Trust me to put the cat amongst the pigeons. I e-mailed Easiyo not long ago as I was suffering the same problem as you, that the yoghurt wouldn't set. Anyway, the lady who contacted me back said that there were a few rules that it was best to follow in the UK - some of which have already been given on here
She told me to always draw the water off a good few hours before you need to make the yoghurt as British tap water is much colder than New Zealand tap water. If the weather is particularly cold, add another 1cm or so of boiling water to the baffle.
But she also told me to never ever top up with boiling water again if the yoghurt hasn't set after the recommended time - this is because apparently if you do that it can kill off the live lactic cultures in there. She said just to place it back in the maker and leave it for another few hours and then re-check it without topping up.
If you are still having probs with it setting - contact Easiyo directly, I had 4 sachets that didn't set at all, told them about it (this was when they gave me the advice above) and they replaced them free of charge for me, by return of post! Excellent CS...
Trust me to put the cat amongst the pigeons. I e-mailed Easiyo not long ago as I was suffering the same problem as you, that the yoghurt wouldn't set. Anyway, the lady who contacted me back said that there were a few rules that it was best to follow in the UK - some of which have already been given on here
She told me to always draw the water off a good few hours before you need to make the yoghurt as British tap water is much colder than New Zealand tap water. If the weather is particularly cold, add another 1cm or so of boiling water to the baffle.
But she also told me to never ever top up with boiling water again if the yoghurt hasn't set after the recommended time - this is because apparently if you do that it can kill off the live lactic cultures in there. She said just to place it back in the maker and leave it for another few hours and then re-check it without topping up.
If you are still having probs with it setting - contact Easiyo directly, I had 4 sachets that didn't set at all, told them about it (this was when they gave me the advice above) and they replaced them free of charge for me, by return of post! Excellent CS...