Is there any way to know how much coffee is left in the pot -- I mean besides opening it and looking in?? Is there an indicator on the pot?
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No, there is no indicator on the pot. You would have to open it and look inside.
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No indicator, also as carafe is heavy you may think there is more coffee left than there is
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Hi Victoria:I delayed answering your email because I wanted to be 100% sure I was correct. I went home and made a pot of (Mountian Blue) coffee. I filled it up to 5 cups - on the glass carafe it was just a tad under the max line and not a drop spilled. So short answer your pot is defective :(
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I always run water throught it when I first get any coffee pot! Then I run coffee through it and run water again through it! I guess you call it a little prep before I actually drink it!
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@evgeneia: No, there are no measurement lines inside the pot. Even if there were, it would not be accurate anyway because your ground coffee is going to displace an unknown amount of water.
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I'm using an all purpose grind (Starb_cks C_f_ V_r_na), 6 coffee measures (old C-F-Nuts measure) for an 8 cup pot. Using M-L_tt_ #4 paper filters, and coffee is very good. Found that some St_rb_ks stores grind coffee coarser than others, even when you specify conical filter. Like the pot; makes cosistently good brew.
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I bought mine used from Amazon. It should had been discarded instead of resold there for I believe there was no inspection before reselling the coffee maker. This is why I say buy new
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Not really sure since we use the coffee pot everyday. Not very often though. Enjoy, we love it. Wouldn't have any other one.
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The directions were on a paper inside of the percolator. If you didn't have one inside, you might be able to find directions by doing a search online. This is an old method of brewing coffee, so there should be a lot of information. I misplaced my insert, so I can't reproduce it here. Do not fill the percolator above the line (outside.) Do not use a filter--spoon the coffee directly into the basket. Amount of coffee is approximately one spoonful to one cup of coffee. How you measure this would be an individual thing.
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My pot has only overflowed when I forgot that I still had water in it! I'll put a potful of cold water into the carafe, and then while I'm grinding the beans I'll keep hot water in the pot to rewarm it. Once, I forgot and stuck the full pot back under the filter, and boy did it overflow. I'll never do that again! But, other than that, no.
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You can get about 8 oz of coffee per pot. I wish they sold a larger unit, but the coffee is delicious.
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Yes there is a resevoir marker, but you must remember that the marked cups may not be YOUR cup amount. They are "china cup" amounts. I have Fiestaware and I use 3 heaping teaspoons of coffee to 4 1/3 cups of water. The kind of coffee maters also. Try what you think would be good only doing 3 cups and taste. Then you can "kinda" figure out what is what. If too strong you can turn pot off, lift lid. wait a minute and add 1 tablespoon of water to "temper" heating element. Then add what you think would bring the flavor to YOUR taste !! Good luck !!!
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When I make my coffee, I will put in enough water for 11 cups and I get 10 and half cups of coffee sometimes a little less depending on how fine the coffee grind is, the finer the coffee grind is than more water is absorbed into it. I don't have a problem with that. There's a grove to line up the coffee basket and than push it down till it snaps in place so that it doesn't shut off on you.
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There is a 4 cup marker on the coffee pot. We have never made 4 cups, but when you pour the water in close the lid the water comes out. Your coffee will absorb some of the moisture so you might want to make 5 to get 4. We love our coffee maker and use it to make tea also. Very fast... with water hot in the holding tank.
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Not sure... I don't recall a "readout" for # of cups... The # of cups (small cups) is shown in the front. The only read out I recall is the clock and the start time. After you fill to the # of cups you want to brew and add the water, either set the program time and a green light comes on, or hit the start button and it is red and brewing starts immediately. I've had two of the Hamilton Breach Pots (left one with friends when we moved) and neither one has ever given us a lick of problems.
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The coffeepot is marked up to 10 cups. "That's coffee speak." In actual measurement, the maximum amount of liquid (water) the pot holds is 6 1/4 cups.
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Diane, I just measured from the very front above the coffee pot to the back where it would touch your wall is 11" and the coffee carafe is larger than your normal one. In order to be completely accurate with the cup size I filled the pot up to the exact line which reads 8-10 on the pot, then transferred that to my liquid measuring pitcher and it reads 5.5 cups, which of course makes no sense so I did it again...lol. Sure enough it's 5.5 cups. This is below the line of the actual pot though too, when I make coffee in this I fill it up to the top, so I'd say it's closer to an 8 cup pot. Does this help? Diane, I just measured from the very front above the coffee pot to the back where it would touch your wall is 11" and the coffee carafe is larger than your normal one. In order to be completely accurate with the cup size I filled the pot up to the exact line which reads 8-10 on the pot, then transferred that to my liquid measuring pitcher and it reads 5.5 cups, which of course makes no sense so I did it again...lol. Sure enough it's 5.5 cups. This is below the line of the actual pot though too, when I make coffee in this I fill it up to the top, so I'd say it's closer to an 8 cup pot.... » Read More Diane, I just measured from the very front above the coffee pot to the back where it would touch your wall is 11" and the coffee carafe is larger than your normal one. In order to be completely accurate with the cup size I filled the pot up to the exact line which reads 8-10 on the pot, then transferred that to my liquid measuring pitcher and it reads 5.5 cups, which of course makes no sense so I did it again...lol. Sure enough it's 5.5 cups. This is below the line of the actual pot though too, when I make coffee in this I fill it up to the top, so I'd say it's closer to an 8 cup pot. Does this help? « Show Less
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There is a stop valve that is engaged when the coffee pot is not in place. Perhaps that valve is not properly pushed up when you put the coffee pot in its spot.