CuisinartBlack/Steel Grind & Brew 12-Cup Automatic Coffeemaker $34.99+$11.67 Shipping

mikeford

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Our last Cuisinart coffee maker was a POS, and the cups are 5 ounces. A "real" measuring cup is 8 ounces, so this thing makes 60 ounces or about 7 "real" cups.
 

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Our last Cuisinart coffee maker was a POS, and the cups are 5 ounces. A "real" measuring cup is 8 ounces, so this thing makes 60 ounces or about 7 "real" cups.

Most coffee makers are like that. They use the 5 ounce "cups" because most coffee cups are only about 5 ounces or so.

5 ounce coffee cups are for pansies though, give me a good 12+ ounce mug :D
 

Pardus

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Mr. Coffee has never been kind to me, always leaked or made bad tasting coffee that tasted like plastic, never had a cusinart, recently bought a used Keurig, and love it.
 

cubeless

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and it's used, not new... as for cup size, what else do you expect from a socialist coffee machine...
 

MagnusTheBrewer

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I've had decent luck with Cuisinart products over the years but, anyone who redefines a "cup" as 5 ounces can forget my business.
 

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Like I said, they didn't redefine a cup. Many coffee makers have been doing that for years.
 

MagnusTheBrewer

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Like I said, they didn't redefine a cup. Many coffee makers have been doing that for years.

You might want to reread what I said. :)

The point is, any advertizing for food related products should be held to a higher standard. If you state a capacity in cups, they had better be 8 ounces.
 

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Lifer
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The standard coffee "cup" is 5 ounces. That's what I'm getting at. They don't mean cups as in the measuring cups, but the itty bitty fancy-type coffee cups.

Like this

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1 "cup" from a coffee maker will fill one of those.

Are there any coffee makers out there that are actually marked in 8 ounce increments?
 

MagnusTheBrewer

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The standard coffee "cup" is 5 ounces. That's what I'm getting at. They don't mean cups as in the measuring cups, but the itty bitty fancy-type coffee cups.

Like this

coffeecup.jpg


1 "cup" from a coffee maker will fill one of those.

Are there any coffee makers out there that are actually marked in 8 ounce increments?

You're beating a dead horse. If there's a 'standard,' it comes from the restaurant industry. Something I know a little about. The 'standard' coffee cup holds 8 ounces and the cups were often used to measure cups back in the day. You may define a cup anyway you like but, I have a stricter definition. I own a 10 cup coffee maker that actually holds 10 cups.
 

SparkyJJO

Lifer
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I'm just going by observation, experience, and what the manuals say. That's all. Frankly I think those 5 oz coffee cups can go rot someplace, they aren't big enough :D

What coffee maker do you have? 10 real cups is pretty big.
 

cubeless

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let the bourgeoisie eat cake with 5 their ounce 'cups', i say!!! i will fight for my right to vente!!!
 

Skel

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I have this maker.. you have to clean the grinder every time as the steam makes it "gunky"..
 

mikeford

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BUNN ftw, hottest water, makes instantly, lasts forever, and thermal carafe stays hot for hours.