What's the minimum number of cups this coffee maker can produce? We normally prepare 2-4 cups in the morning and 10-12 when we have guests. Thanks!
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It depends on what you mean by a cup. Most coffee makers define a cup as 4,5,or 6 ounces. I use a 5 ounce cup as a rule. Thats about 8 cups per full pot in my Technivorm Moccasmaster KB-741. My decanter holds a full 42 ounces of coffee. Technivorm now makes a larger capacity machine...but I prefer the smaller machine. I believe the smaller capacity pot keeps the coffee hotter. If you have the small Technivorm and you have extra guests, don't worry. The machine brews lightning fast ! You can have another pot in about 5 or 6 minutes. I also like the fact that the coffee doesn't get bitter while sitting on the warmer. Again, I believe this is because of the small decanter size and design. Before Technivorm, I NEVER had a coffee maker regardless of brand that didn't make the coffee bitter after sitting on the burner for 20 or 30 minutes. Technivorm is a superior product...hope this was helpful !
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I usually make 3 as a minimum and 10-12 as the max. Either amount tastes great!!
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I've never made fewer than 4 cups, but I do that every morning and the coffee is always delicious. Fine machine.
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I brew 4 cups, which is enough for a couple mugs worth, and have made only 2 also. When I have company, I have made a full pot, but I can't be sure if you actually get 12 'servings' since I always use mugs. Sorry not more helpful. A few years ago I had the thermos which I didn't like as well as the glass container and hotplate , it would get cold quickly since I'd never put the cap on the thermos.
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You can make as little coffee as you want with this coffeemaker. The number of cups of coffee is determined by the number of cups of water inthe reservoir.
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It depends on your definition of a cup. But for those of us who drink it in a standard 6 - 8 oz. coffee mug you could get away with using a ratio of 1 or 1.5 oz. of ground coffee to 12 or 16 fluid oz. of water, depending on how strong or weak you take it. Flip the switch on the side of the dispersal cone to the lowest flow setting to really saturate your grounds if you brew small batches of coffee.
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We routinely make two 12 oz cups, just adjust the grinds accordingly. We love our moccamaster, paired with the breville grinder and Weavers organic blend beans. Coffee bliss
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We purchased the 6 cup model. It actually produces approximately 1 2/3 cups of coffee. Why they call it 6 cup I have no idea.
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It can make 3 to 3.5 cups of coffee (us standard units of measurement). My favorite coffee brewer.
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I'd be willing to say about 10-12 cups we do an 8 cup recipe and it has plenary more power and room for a good 2- 4 cups maybe even more! Hope this helps.
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Typically coffee maker "Cups" are 5 ounces or smaller. Per Cuisinare theirs are 5 ounces so a 12 cup brewer will produce 60 ounces. Espresso or Turkish coffee cups may be even smaller and some other makers of drip coffee makers use slightly smaller "cups" too so measure how much water your maker needs to fill it to the full level to determine cup size if it is not listed in the manual. Per Jeremy's math and if the pot's volume listed is correct it should hold just under 17 five ounce "Cups" or 4+ of my 20 ounce insulated mugs of coffee.
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One cup would be difficult as there is a minimum amount of water you need to put in there to get it to work. Two cups would be OK...but keep in mind, the larger the pot of coffee, the better it works.
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You could do 1 cup but you'd have to put at least a couple of teaspoons of coffee because of the basket-shaped filter - so you'd be wasting coffee if you made less than two cups.
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You can make as much or little as you would like, the only thing is you cannot put more water in than you want coffee to come out. If you would like 2 cups of coffee, only put in 2 cups of water.
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It doesn't have a setting for how many cups you'll brew. It just grids the beans. I'm not sure it would be very helpful to have such a setting anyway. My mother uses half the amount of coffee that I do to brew a pot. I like it strong. She like colored water.
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Yes it can make from one to four cups and that is in your control. You choose on how many cups of water you put in and also how how much coffee you put in for the kind of strength you want.
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We recommend brewing at least 2 cups for this coffee maker to get it brewing properly.
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Yes, I usually make only 2-4 cups. I just had to learn to adjust the amount of course ground coffee instead of finely ground.
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The smallesThe smallest amount you can grind is for 2 cups; if you don't grind I would imagine you could brew a single cup but that defeats the purpose of fresh ground coffee. The aroma from a fresh grind is unbelievable. I make 2 cups in the morning.
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The coffee maker is 1000 watt. It takes about 3 to 4 minutes to brew 12 delicious hot cups of coffee!
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Yes, know your issue completely. We don't often brew to capacity but when we do have guests, it can be embarrassing bec. if lady luck is not with us, we would have the puddle and the stream running off the counter. Six/Eight cups would be fine for a second round of coffee for family. However, we had to worry if we had a full house esp. w/ a repeat round of coffee. Tried to temper down the amt for some events and do smaller batches. Sometimes a success; other times a flooded counter and floor. No logic to examine possible reasons.
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There is a setting for as few as 2-4 cups. Cleaning the gold filter, in fact the entire brewing system, is laborious. Don't know about adding more beans. Coffee stays hot and is very good but if you make a big pot, it doesn't come out very strong. And I wouldn't recommend buying a refurbished one thru Amazon's warehouse. Ours was missing parts and was pretty dirty.
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You can make 4 cups. The carafe is stainless but we don't think the reservoir is. This machine is very heavy, and we regret buying it because the reservoir must always be full and the machine must always be "on."