On Jan 8, 10:08*am, John H wrote:
On Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:11:11 -0500, wrote:
On Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:32:16 -0500, John H
wrote:

I just checked with a measuring cup. The Black and Decker coffee maker
uses 4oz "cups". A full 12 cup carafe is 48 oz although I usually end
up filling it more than that. It actually holds closer to 14 "cups".
Taking this science fair project a step farther I weighed the normal
coffee charge and it is right at one oz by weight (Maxwell House drip
grind) for that pot of coffee. That makes a pot of coffee about 15
cents if you catch a sale. ($5.99 for 39 oz can)
I know when we charged a quarter a mug (4 cups or so) at our shop *we
ended up with a tidy profit that we spent on a cookout lunch a few
times a year.

Damn. Now you've got me wondering.

Eight cups in my Starbucks pot is 48oz. So, Starbucks considers 6oz of
coffee to be a 'cup'. The coffeemaker we have holds 12 6oz cups, and
is called a 12 cup coffeemaker. I guess if it had a Black and Decker
label it would be an 18 cup coffeemaker.

Huh. Never knew that.

The Mr Coffee is the same size as the B&D (4 oz "cups")
I guess Starbucks just wants to be different. That is why a small
coffee there is a "grande" ... and $4
They never grabbed me.

Sounds like something for Consumer Reports to jump on. I just did some
comparisons of different brands, and they range from 4-6 oz per cup.
Weird.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

It's all irrelevant if you just look at how much the pot will hold in
oz. instead of cups.

On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:29:17 -0500, wrote:

How big is a cup?
I am probably up around 8-10 cups a day. We have a "12 cup" maker, my
wife takes 16 oz with her to work and I drink the rest throughout the
day.

I make a pot in the morning and pour it into a vacuum flask. That way
it oxidises less and doesn't evaporate at all. It is also in arms
reach and can go on the road.

Casady

wrote:
On Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:35:28 -0600, Richard Casady
wrote:

On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:29:17 -0500, wrote:

How big is a cup?
I am probably up around 8-10 cups a day. We have a "12 cup" maker, my
wife takes 16 oz with her to work and I drink the rest throughout the
day.
I make a pot in the morning and pour it into a vacuum flask. That way
it oxidises less and doesn't evaporate at all. It is also in arms
reach and can go on the road.

Casady
That's also what we do


We got some single "K-cup" brewers a couple of years ago. My wife uses
hers for tea, and I use mine for the one or two cups of coffee I drink
weekdays. They are really nice...hot coffee (tea) when you want it, and
nothing sitting around in a flask, getting stronger and stronger. 30 to
35 cents a cup. When I run out of k-cups, I just use instant coffee and
the cup of hot water the machine dispenses.

keurig machines. I've seen them for well under $100...

On Jan 7, 12:43*pm, Harry wrote:
wrote:
On Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:35:28 -0600, Richard Casady
wrote:

On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:29:17 -0500, wrote:

How big is a cup?
I am probably up around 8-10 cups a day. We have a "12 cup" maker, my
wife takes 16 oz with her to work and I drink the rest throughout the
day.
I make a pot in the morning and pour it into a vacuum flask. That way
it oxidises less and doesn't evaporate at all. It is also in arms
reach and can go on the road.

Casady
That's also *what we do

We got some single "K-cup" brewers a couple of years ago. My wife uses
hers for tea, and I use mine for the one or two cups of coffee I drink
weekdays. They are really nice...hot coffee (tea) when you want it, and
nothing sitting around in a flask, getting stronger and stronger. 30 to
35 cents a cup. When I run out of k-cups, I just use instant coffee and
the cup of hot water the machine dispenses.

keurig machines. I've seen them for well under $100...- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Harry the gourmand uses instant coffee!!!! Damn that's funny!
I wouldn't drink that nasty **** for anything.

In article 3f4d2887-e94a-4ef2-b4e1-2a708fcd86d9
@j24g2000yqa.googlegroups.com, says...

On Jan 7, 12:43*pm, Harry wrote:
wrote:
On Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:35:28 -0600, Richard Casady
wrote:

On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:29:17 -0500, wrote:

How big is a cup?
I am probably up around 8-10 cups a day. We have a "12 cup" maker, my
wife takes 16 oz with her to work and I drink the rest throughout the
day.
I make a pot in the morning and pour it into a vacuum flask. That way
it oxidises less and doesn't evaporate at all. It is also in arms
reach and can go on the road.

Casady
That's also *what we do

We got some single "K-cup" brewers a couple of years ago. My wife uses
hers for tea, and I use mine for the one or two cups of coffee I drink
weekdays. They are really nice...hot coffee (tea) when you want it, and
nothing sitting around in a flask, getting stronger and stronger. 30 to
35 cents a cup. When I run out of k-cups, I just use instant coffee and
the cup of hot water the machine dispenses.

keurig machines. I've seen them for well under $100...- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Harry the gourmand uses instant coffee!!!! Damn that's funny!
I wouldn't drink that nasty **** for anything.


The idiot uses instant coffee and the Keurig to make hot water, what a
moron... We bought the reusable filter for our Keurig so when we want a
cup of fresh ground we can use the filter and brew it up...

Harry wrote:
wrote:
On Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:35:28 -0600, Richard Casady
wrote:

On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:29:17 -0500, wrote:

How big is a cup?
I am probably up around 8-10 cups a day. We have a "12 cup" maker, my
wife takes 16 oz with her to work and I drink the rest throughout the
day.
I make a pot in the morning and pour it into a vacuum flask. That way
it oxidises less and doesn't evaporate at all. It is also in arms
reach and can go on the road.

Casady
That's also what we do


We got some single "K-cup" brewers a couple of years ago. My wife uses
hers for tea, and I use mine for the one or two cups of coffee I drink
weekdays. They are really nice...hot coffee (tea) when you want it, and
nothing sitting around in a flask, getting stronger and stronger. 30 to
35 cents a cup. When I run out of k-cups, I just use instant coffee and
the cup of hot water the machine dispenses.

keurig machines. I've seen them for well under $100...

That much eh? Must be pretty spechull. Brews 1 cup eh?

--
If it's not posted with a mac, it's the real deal.

In article ,
says...

On Wed, 6 Jan 2010 17:33:43 -0400, "Don White"
wrote:


"Frogwatch" wrote in message
...
First New Years resolution I ever made, to give up alcohol and drink
far less coffee. Both were giving me serious heartburn and it had
gotten so I cannot even drink beer because of it. Considering I prob
have more caffeine in my blood than hemoglobin, it had to be alcohol I
gave up but 12 cups of coffee a day probably is too much. So, with
only 3 cups in the morning and it being too cold outside to do
anything am feelin a bit tense.

Say what!
12 cups a day???
I drink one large cup a day..at breakfast and was thinking of cutting that
down in size.

How big is a cup?
I am probably up around 8-10 cups a day. We have a "12 cup" maker, my
wife takes 16 oz with her to work and I drink the rest throughout the
day.

For us a cup is double... We have an 8 cup maker and we would normally
make at least 3 pots a day for two of us. That comes to about 12 cups
(really 6 travel mugs) each.

Scotty

In article 57c7a17c-23b8-47eb-ac9c-
,
says...

First New Years resolution I ever made, to give up alcohol and drink
far less coffee. Both were giving me serious heartburn and it had
gotten so I cannot even drink beer because of it. Considering I prob
have more caffeine in my blood than hemoglobin, it had to be alcohol I
gave up but 12 cups of coffee a day probably is too much. So, with
only 3 cups in the morning and it being too cold outside to do
anything am feelin a bit tense.

Don't give up two things at one time. Give up coffee or alcohol but not
both at the same time.

On Wed, 6 Jan 2010 18:21:28 -0500, BAR wrote:

In article 57c7a17c-23b8-47eb-ac9c-
,
says...

First New Years resolution I ever made, to give up alcohol and drink
far less coffee. Both were giving me serious heartburn and it had
gotten so I cannot even drink beer because of it. Considering I prob
have more caffeine in my blood than hemoglobin, it had to be alcohol I
gave up but 12 cups of coffee a day probably is too much. So, with
only 3 cups in the morning and it being too cold outside to do
anything am feelin a bit tense.

Don't give up two things at one time. Give up coffee or alcohol but not
both at the same time.


Good thing you've backed this up with sound reasoning.

On Wed, 6 Jan 2010 12:22:16 -0800 (PST), Frogwatch
wrote:

First New Years resolution I ever made, to give up alcohol and drink
far less coffee. Both were giving me serious heartburn and it had
gotten so I cannot even drink beer because of it. Considering I prob
have more caffeine in my blood than hemoglobin, it had to be alcohol I
gave up but 12 cups of coffee a day probably is too much. So, with
only 3 cups in the morning and it being too cold outside to do
anything am feelin a bit tense.

No wonder you're insane. 12 cups of coffee a day?