[FRIAM] Wimsical silly question re: coffee making

[Gillian Densmore]

Hmmmm... well fortunatly Iike fun colorful socks... now if they show up
full coffee been...

On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 7:57 PM, Steven A Smith <sasmyth at swcp.com> wrote:

> Ooops... the "reply-to" on the list reflector seems not to be the list by
> default, so this just went to Merle the first time!
>
> Gil -
>
> I don't use an automated coffee maker often, but when I do (e.g. motel or
> visiting a friend) I forget that the filling system is measured in 8 oz
> cups but my expectations are closer to a 12 ounce mugfull, so 4 cups of
> water in yields something closer to 2.5 mugs out and of course if I"m on
> the west coast, the mugs are 16 ouncers which REALLY aggravates the
> situation!
>
>  - Steve
>
> PS.  a more whimsical answer is that you can probably expect to find the
> extra coffee in your laundry from time to time and some mismatched socks in
> your coffeemaker somewhere down the line!
>
> On 9/19/17 3:50 PM, Merle Lefkoff wrote:
>
> Gillian, all of the initial water is boiled, so some of the steam escapes
> from the coffeemaker, and some of the rest is in the wet grounds in the
> filter basket.  There may well be something else happening, but this
> accounts for some of it.
>
> On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 9:55 AM, Gillian Densmore <gil.densmore at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> What on earth happens to some of the coffe when I make it drop style? I
>> prepare 6-8 cups so as if someone stops by they can have a bit as well.
>> But then it only gives a bit over 4-5 cups.
>>
>> Does some invisible dwarf drink a bit of it before it gets to the
>> Kareff(sp)? oO
>>
>> I am genuinly perplexed by this.^_^
>>
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