Why is the water well leaking, we make pour in 12 cups of water, 10 cups make it to the coffe pot and 2 cups end up on the counter
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In my experience, water leaks out because the reservoir won't easily seat into the well. My experience was more 2 cups into the coffee pot and 10 onto the counter, but it may be the same problem. I also had difficulty with the spring mounted plug getting stuck "open" which caused dripping between the faucet and the coffeemaker. I ended up returning my coffeemaker for a refund.
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We got one of these coffemakers from an on-line site in replacement for an expensive Krups coffemaker that quit after six months. The Calphalon quit heating water after 2 months! I don't know exactly the answer to your questions except to say that I believe these high end coffemaker companies are downgrading their products and keeping the prices high. Made in China. We bought a $12.50 brewer from the drugstore and it's lasted longer than either of these expensive pieces of junk.
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Make sure the basket is securely seated before you turn it on. Also I fold the bottom of my paper filter. Ive had it leak a couple of times when I forget to do this but I had the same issue with my Quisinart coffee maker.
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Get your money back. This thing is great for the first month and then it has an amazing number of issues, including the potential for a fire hazard.
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On the left hand side of the machine is a clear plastic water level guide showing 4 to 10 cups. Fill water to level you want to make. Use a tablespoon measuring spoon to measure out the coffee. I use one well rounded spoonful for each cup I want to make plus one "for the pot". Adjust according to the strength you like
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The top of the machine lifts to show the water receptacle and the coffee is also placed here it comes with a permanent filter but we found using a paper cone gives better results. The pot is taken out of the front of the machine. I think it has a keep warm cycle of 2-4-6 hours but we never have any left after 1 hour :-) Hope that answers your question. Also the problem "Carol Dec 9, 2013" has with leaking has not happened with us, we are on our second DeLonghi 14 cup coffee maker neither have/had a leaking problem. It gets a lot of work as it was purchased for an office setting.
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Try using the pot as a water-measuring device. I found that the water-level window can be deceiving--it gets fogged up making it difficult to see the real water line. If you add too much water it leaks out through a little whole on the back of the unit and puddles around the bottom.
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It is a piece of junk! Mine leaked right out of the box, when I called their customer service department they told "that happens sometimes" and suggested I send it back to Amazon.com! I just threw it out and got a Mr. Coffee machine instead. I suggest you get a new machine and junk it.
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This won't happen if you don't fill it up too much. I use 4 tbsp. of coffee to a little under 4 cups of water. Otherwise, it will overflow when you put the filter-press back on. Hope this helps, it is a great French press!
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I don't quite understand the question. We normally put enough water for 9 cups (according to the guage on the side) but set the grinder for 10 cups so we get a stronger coffee.
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I do not really have that problem. Once every two weeks I run the water through, I add more water if it does not make a full pot.(this replaces the water that evaporates from the heating)..... I have had the coffee maker for a long time and have done this per their recommendations since I bought it. As it heats up the water all the time there is evaporation.
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The kettle is full to the brim with 10 cups of water. For regular use, one would not want to put more than eight cups of water in the kettle.
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The coffee is hot but not too hot to sip after pouring a cup. Also, if the carafe leaks around the top, contact Cuisinart and they will replace it. At least they did for me.........
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this unit is very poorly made. If you notice there is a little "spout" that the holding tank is supposed to push down when the tank is properly in place. My guess is this was to prevent what you are experiencing. I have the same issue and I have discovered that if you take a sponge and soak up the water before each pot is made it won't overflow. Honestly I'm just hanging onto mine until I make my mind up to get a Keurig.
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This coffee maker can make up to 10 cups, but only by pouring water up to the proper level of cups on the glass water gauge. The problem can be in trusting the gauge to be reliable. I found that it was not reliable, resulting in coffee either too strong, or too weak. When it is reliable, the coffee is quite good. When it isn't reliable, ... !
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There's a hole in the cup part for draining, right where the spout is. You can see it on the second picture at the top of the page.
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I sent this coffee maker back..it leaks water or coffee all over..I read this in the comments and bought it anyway. They were right and I should have taken them seriously. Not having the coffee maker anymore I can't advise on the cup but I will warn u against buying it.. A word to the wise should be sufficient.
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10 cup, but i would never buy this coffee maker again, because it has horrible problems with leaking water onto the heating element and I returned mine. The company knows about this problem, too.
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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.
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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 :(