On Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:49:23 -0500, wrote:

On Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:21:56 -0500, John H
wrote:

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

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


"Frogwatch" wrote in message
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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.

I believe coffee maker cups are 6oz, whereas a normal measure is 8oz.
There are 32oz, or 4 cups in a quart.

So, your 12 cup coffeemaker actually makes only 72oz, and not 96oz as
it should.

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.

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.

I'm a coffee hound.

about 80 oz. a day. When I cut down on the sugar, I cut down on the
coffee. about 44 oz. now

Tim wrote:
I'm a coffee hound.

about 80 oz. a day. When I cut down on the sugar, I cut down on the
coffee. about 44 oz. now


Wow! That's a whole lotta coffee...I presume you check your b.p. frequently.

I drink one or two cups, maybe 16 ounces a day. More than that and I
feel kind of "wired."

I don't use sugar, but I do use "fat free" half and half, typically the
store brand.

In article , naled24511
@mypacks.net says...

Tim wrote:
I'm a coffee hound.

about 80 oz. a day. When I cut down on the sugar, I cut down on the
coffee. about 44 oz. now


Wow! That's a whole lotta coffee...I presume you check your b.p. frequently.

I drink one or two cups, maybe 16 ounces a day. More than that and I
feel kind of "wired."

I don't use sugar, but I do use "fat free" half and half, typically the
store brand.

Then why are you such a lard ass?

On 1/8/2010 12:28 PM, NotNow wrote:
In , naled24511
@mypacks.net says...

Tim wrote:
I'm a coffee hound.

about 80 oz. a day. When I cut down on the sugar, I cut down on the
coffee. about 44 oz. now


Wow! That's a whole lotta coffee...I presume you check your b.p. frequently.

I drink one or two cups, maybe 16 ounces a day. More than that and I
feel kind of "wired."

I don't use sugar, but I do use "fat free" half and half, typically the
store brand.

Then why are you such a lard ass?

Why are you such a dumb ass?

On Fri, 8 Jan 2010 08:50:30 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

I'm a coffee hound.

about 80 oz. a day. When I cut down on the sugar, I cut down on the
coffee. about 44 oz. now

It took me a long time to cut sugar out of my coffee, but that was
about thirty years ago. I still like something sweet in latte's, but
we use the Torani sugar free syrups. Good flavor.

http://www.torani.com/cafe

The local World Market carries a great stock of them.

On Jan 8, 12:48*pm, John H wrote:
On Fri, 8 Jan 2010 08:50:30 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

I'm a coffee hound.

about 80 oz. a day. When I cut down on the sugar, I cut down on the
coffee. about 44 oz. now

It took me a long time to cut sugar out of my coffee, but that was
about thirty years ago. I still like something sweet in latte's, but
we use the Torani sugar free syrups. Good flavor.

http://www.torani.com/cafe

The local World Market carries a great stock of them.

For years I used to "doctor" it up to the point where it was like
drinking liquid candy, John. That's gone too!

In article 6d4fcfa8-2b4c-4899-a90b-18ad479b11f8
@k17g2000yqh.googlegroups.com, says...

I'm a coffee hound.

about 80 oz. a day. When I cut down on the sugar, I cut down on the
coffee. about 44 oz. now

Like I told you on the phone, just slowly use less and less sugar and
creme and in about two weeks your taste will adjust and you will like it
just fine... We used to drink three to four posts a day between my wife
and myself, don't know how much that adds up to but it was a lot. Now
that I am a heart patient I don't drink any, that cold turkey week and a
half was wild in the beginning..

Now I do Cocoa a cup at at time in the Keurig

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 -

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