Bad Boy Biker
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My 55 cup pot says use 6 cups of grounds. Makes a nice cup of tar.
Ground Canisters | Ground Bagged | Instant | |
---|---|---|---|
Amount of Water | Amount of Coffee | Amount of Coffee | Amount of Coffee |
6 fluid ounces | 1 tbsp | 1 tbsp | 1 tsp |
60 fluid ounces | ½ cup | ½ cup | n/a |
It might be all the same, for all you know. The actual amount of coffee bean mass in a spoonful or cup can vary quite a bit, depending on grind, bean type, and darkness of roast.The amount of coffee per cup seems to be all over the place.
True, with the caveat they all need to get close to 200 - 205F, which most older machines do just fine. if you can put 200F water onto coffee grounds, the rest is dictated by the coffee, water, and filter. The machine itself has very little bearing on the outcome.I have found that the quality of the coffee and water has more influence on taste than the coffee maker.
Chemex is a very popular pour-over rig, used by a lot of coffee snobs. I have an automatic pour-over machine, so I never bothered experimenting with them, but folks seem to love them.o I bought a nice stainless steel funnel to hold the coffee basket. I place the coffee basket in the funnel which is placed in my "thermos" bottle. I just pour the heated water over the coffee. I used to use the microwave to heat the water to the "right" temperature but then we bought a hot water kettle after using them in Ireland. Not sure how we lived without the hot water kettle. We use it all of the time.
I use two 1/4 cups of coffee, 1/2 cup total, for a quart of water. The 1/4 cups are heaping cups though.
That can work fine, esp. if you always stick with the same pre-ground coffee, and don't throw in variables by changing brands, etc.Neither one of us want to mess around with grinding coffee beans so I think a high end coffee maker just went out the door.
I think we will try jumping up from two to 3 scoops and see how that goes.