Is it true I have to grind twice to make 8 cups if coffee
223655
It depends on how strong you like your coffee. We make ours in a 12 cup coffee pot and I put 5 scoops of grounds in. It would take two grinding runs to produce that amount of coffee grounds, however its just a touch of a button and 30 seconds to do it so its relatively quick and pain free.
223656
Maybe. But that depends on how strong you like your coffee. I like my coffe medium strong and I grind for about 7 seconds for a 14oz mug.
223657
Absolutely not. I have used 20 seconds with an empty jar a number of times to brew 8 cups of freshly ground coffee.
996608
Ours will just make the 8 cups of coffee, but that's large cups. We love it.
460529
Nothing wrong with that, but unnecessary. BTW, you can get more out of a pound of coffee by doing what I call, second coffee. After you drain the coffee, you can add 5 more cups of cold water to the grounds and let it sit another 12 hours, then drain again. With high quality coffee beans, this second run is almost as rich as the first.
114963
It should be pretty coarse. You want your coffee grounds to be roughly 1 to 1.5 mm in size. Remember to use 2 tbsp of coffee for every cup of water and brew for 4 minutes. If you want your coffee stronger or weaker use more or less coffee. If you're still unsure how much to grind your coffee go to Starbucks and ask them to grind your coffee for a French press.
998841
I correlate the numbers on the timer to the amount of cups of coffee I'm gonna make i.e. 6 on the timer grinds enough coffee to make 6 cups of coffee. That method works good for me, but you may have to adjust based on how strong you like your coffee.
2117730
I always make 1 or 2 cups only, so, I don't have this problem... Don't make a lot of coffee as well. :)
1478417
Now this is just a loose estimate, but... it takes me about 90sec to grind 2 tbsp of coffee. 1/2 cup = 8 tbsp, so quadruple that 90sec time estimate and that gives us: 6min to grind 1/2 cup of coffee. I'd add another 60sec for fatigue :-) Hope that helps.
143722
It's hard to say, based on how strong you like your coffee. I make 2 full cups usually, but it seems like you could get more.
2172781
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.
242637
In about a year of daily coffee making with about 9-13 TB per pot, I have only had grounds come though 1 or 2 times. The reason it came through that time was because there was some finer grinds mixed in and i forced it without giving it time for the grounds to settle.
1441533
The 8 cup measure is a little confusing, it actually produces 34 ounces of coffee, which to my taste is equal to 2 of the scoops. You can make half that amount with one scoop. You could make almost any amount if you experiment with the coffee water ratio.
767457
Sure! Just put less coffee in the filter, and use less water -- to brew 2 cups, for example, just use half the coffee and water you would for a full pot. Be aware, though, that an "official" cup of coffee is just 6 ounces (5 ounces for hot tea, in case you were wondering!). So if you drink a mug of morning coffee, be sure to make at least half a pot (2 cups).
1984168
I wouldn't chance it only because if you ruined the machine your SOL. Also, if you don't have it ground the proper grind it will not give as good brew. I understand your problem I truly do-sorry about that:( I just went to SB the other day and had them put the grind on the 2 setting (if that helps)
442662
We recommend using a pod only once to get the max amount of coffee for 1 cup. There may be a little left after the first cup, but using it more than once can result in the 2nd cup coming out weak.
1765919
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.
48395
You could, but the coffee will be probably not as good as making the whole pot because it quite difficult to get it right when doing less than the full amount. I would advise making the full pot of coffee and just drink the amount you want. If you are going to drink regularly 3 to 6 cups then I think it would be better to buy the smaller pot. Hope this helps
216300
yes but the coffee does not separate perfectly to two halves i mean the two cups will not always get same level of coffee