How does it work for medium quantities - like 4-5 cups?
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My daughter said she has used it for different levels , large items , small, and med. and still raves about it. And my grandaughter used it to help her mother prepare Thanksgiving dinner and call me , she said " Pa when I get married I'm letting you and Nana select my kitchen aids and said this was soooo super". lol guess I will need to get a job as she has expensive taste!!
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It works great. We prepare meals for 4-16 people each day & this processor works like none I've seen before.
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This machine will work for any amount of product you put in it. You can put what you need in the bowl and pulse or just hit power and start and let it go. If you need a smaller amount just use the smaller bowl. I love this machine, it's easy to clean and it can handle anything you throw at it from shredding, to chopping, to making peanut butter.
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I have used it to make a lot of my shakes for a medical diet I have been on, one packet plus about 6 oz of water and ice. It makes a wonderful fluffy concoction even with that small amount. I have used the inset smaller bowl but find that somehow the other bowl gets dirty too. With the brush that comes with it, there is no part of these bowls or blades you cannot get clean. I found that a problem with other brands.
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Sure. I often make less than a full pot, but there is no "2-cup" or "4-cup" setting. Just use less coffee and less water.
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There is a button for 1-4 cups which I believe then adjusts the strength for the amount of water being used.
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It has the option to make 3-5 cups. You push a button first and then the on button. It is the best with the smaller pots. It is very good with a full pot too though. We use distilled water and freshly ground coffee beans too.
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Yes, you can. Four cups is really equal to 2 mugs. Set the Aroma button so it drips slower.
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We run a 4 cup brew every morning. There's a notch for 2 cups as well, so I'm assuming you could very well do a 3 cup brew if you needed to.
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The size is labeled as for "5 cups" but I usuallly drink my coffee fron a standard size mug and at full capacity it only provides two (2) MUGS full,, which is enough to satisfy this coffee hound. I don't know what size cups they used to make the five that they claim but they must have used very small cups...The machine does do the job very well ( I mean for Two MUGS full.)I'm happy with it.
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Lynn - I would say it makes four 6-ounce cups. However, I've found that if you add another 8 ounces of water during or at the end of the brewing process that you can get a true 5 cups out of it. Andy
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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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I fill the top part full and that's enough for 5 cups. The holder is a little over half full so it probably would hold 9-10. That's a rounded tablespoon per cup of coffee.
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I wouldn't think this would be your best bet for just a 12oz cup. I use it for 4cups most morning and it works great for that. Never really tried to make just 2cups or less.
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I use 3 heaping tablespoons for 4 cups because when I used 4 T the coffee was too strong. I suspect you pot isn't getting the water hot enough. Maybe the pot is defective. Unless you are using heaping tablespoons.
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As many or as little as you want, but don't exceed the maximum amount that the Chemex can hold (3, 6, 8, 10, etc. cups).
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5 cups if completely full, but practical maximum is probably closer to 4 cups.
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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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We make 20 oz cups for our family . Usually that's 5 or 6 20 oz cups at a time . It's worked great for us .
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Well, not exactly - it's a bit too small but it does work if you're making less than 8 cups. Any more than that and the grounds will probably overflow the filter - at least that's what happened to me. I use paper filters when I'm brewing 8 cups or more.