Do you pour real water into the coffee maker? My daughter plays with one like that at a friends and would lvoe one that you use real water with
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Yes, the grey lid on top of machine pops off with a little muscle. It makes sounds like real coffee is brewing, so the kids in the family still think its cool.
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I pour the hot water very slowly and i dont grind the coffee too fine :) it turns out fine :)
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Wow... what kind of coffee do you use? I have never had that problem but I only make enough coffee to drink at the moment. I know the heating plate on the unit keeps the coffee hot, so if the coffee is just sitting there for a long while then the water will evaporates and the coffee will start to get a burnt overcooked taste but it does not get weak. I have not had a problem with my unit and even gave one out as a present... and that one is working fine.
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I just used water, works fine as long as your kids don't mess with the cap. ;^)
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It's easy to avoid the plastic touching the coffee. The above scenario depends on the amount of water and or size of contanier being used for the process. Do a simple test! Measure your desired amount of water, add the water to your vessel. Then place the dripper on top of the container. If the bottom of the dripper is wet; adjust the volume of the water lower or increase the size of your container. Btw, its a great product! I've been using mine for over two years.
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Yes you can just put water in the top and run it through. I have put the tea bag in where you put the coffee and then let the waterrun through it and you have a nice cup of hot tea and it gets pretty hot. I love this coffee maker.
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Technically, yes, though my experience has been that there are usually some little bits of coffee grounds swirling around in the water when you do. My best advice would be to run it on the smallest cup setting as a rinse cycle, toss that water, and then refill using whatever size you want.
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I do that all the time - I like it stong so I pack it pretty good and put half the water and make two double espressos - just as often, when I am making a double just for me,I simply use less coffee and 1/4 or 1/3rd water - you must experiment to get what u like. They tell you not to "pack" or tamp the coffee down but I do anyway - hahaha.
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Hi. When I make a full cup, extra water, leave the second coffee pod in the machine, then hold the big button down, the one with the silver circle around it. Hold down until water no longer comes out. Now you have a full cup.
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The mouth opening is actually quite big so I pour milk/sugar in that way. Alternatively I have also put powdered creamer and sugar directly with the coffee grounds before adding water, and that works great as well.
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I have poured boiling water in for coffee, no problem. Washed up to as clear a finish as I began with! Hope this helps
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just got mine out of the box and i'm having the same problem. the filter holder is hot, the steamer seems to be working, but water isn't going through. i thought i tamped the grounds too much, so i have now tried with a loose tamp and with no coffee grounds at all. All I get is a horrible noise. I'm very frustrated!
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Freeze your coffee so it isn't watered down. I don't see why not. You'll have to play around with it. The machine is very loud and slow but I'm still liking it.
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Put in a little water first, then coffee and add the rest of your water. You can find complete instructions in some of the most helpful Amazon product reviews. Enjoy.
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Don't use water it will taste nasty. I put mine in a blender with ice and some milk, instant coffee for a new twist of flavour. It's great!
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What kind of coffee do you use? Does it happen both with beans and powder? Wonder if it's too fine or if maybe the water overflows in the filter and wash the grounds in your pot. I had that once.
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Since that has never been a problem for me, I would have to watch how you pour the coffee. Maybe the pot is too close to the cup. It only spills when I am filling the canister and that is because I am holding the pot too close to it and am in a hurry, so just wipe up the water when done. I love this coffee pot and never want a different kind.