It's July and the Summer doldrums have hit. No body wants to talk about Coffee....
According to my 14 cup coffee carafe/pot, I drink between 6 to 14 cups per day. My own coffee mug is big, it holds 4 cups.
My mugs hold 3 cups according to my coffee pot, mine is a drip Mr Coffee type but it's a Ninja brand. I also have an older Keurig that I use for days when I don't have time to drink, or want more than a single cup but I have been known to change my mind and drink 2 or more cups from it. I use the largest setting on it but it's less than I would pour from my drip kind.
I sit down at the computer with my coffee in the morning but unless I use a metal insulated mug it's cold long before I'm ready to get up and refill it so about 1/3 of every mug gets thrown out. I try to get to a certain point every day before I refill it but sometimes there's just alot to go thru and it takes longer than other days.
I sit down at the computer with my coffee in the morning but unless I use a metal insulated mug it's cold long before I'm ready to get up and refill it so about 1/3 of every mug gets thrown out. I try to get to a certain point every day before I refill it but sometimes there's just alot to go thru and it takes longer than other days.
I also sit at my computer with my mug of coffee (Maxwell House Columbian cooked in BOLD mode on my Cuisinart coffee maker) most days. I too need to get a refill when my cup gets cold, but I don't mind my coffee cold most of the time. And when my coffee maker automatically turns off, I just refill my cold mug and nuke it in the microwave. Like I said, some days I'll just have one mug (4 cups), and others I'll drink the whole pot. :*)
If I may ask... how much coffee do you drink? Resp. how much is one of your "cups"? (milli liters [ml]). And how large are your "mugs"? (4 cups... really?)
1 Imp cup = 284.130642624675 ml
1 US cup = 236.5882365 ml
1 metric cup = 250 ml
1 (continental Europ.) coffeemaker cup (scale at water tank) = 150 or 125 ml
I only knew our typical coffee mugs, which are ~250 ml; a little less than two continental Europ. "cups".
If I may ask... how much coffee do you drink? Resp. how much is one of your "cups"? (milli liters [ml]). And how large are your "mugs"? (4 cups... really?)
1 Imp cup = 284.130642624675 ml
1 US cup = 236.5882365 ml
1 metric cup = 250 ml
1 (continental Europ.) coffeemaker cup (scale at water tank) = 150 or 125 ml
I only knew our typical coffee mugs, which are ~250 ml; a little less than two continental Europ. "cups".
I buy coffee mugs to remember different events or that interest me and always try to buy 14 US ounce mugs if they have them. I can't drink coffee black so add cream and sugar to my medium roast coffee, I usually buy Tim Horton's coffee but will also buy coffee that is on sale at my local grocery store, or any other store that sells coffee that has a good enough price for me. I usually spend about $4.50 for a 12 to 16 ounce bag of coffee but the Tim Horton's comes in a 3 pound can from Amazon. I will also buy bags from restaurants that have coffee I like like First Watch or a place in Alaska that has good coffee too but those are nearly $20 for a 12 ounce bag so I try to keep them around when we have company or like when I give my neighbor a couple of bags at Christmas for when he watches my house when we go out of town.
I too nuke my cold coffee when the pot turns off unless it's after about 9:30am then I will throw it out and start drinking my iced tea and lemonade mix, an Arnold Palmer but sugar free, with a packet of Propel electrolyte mix in it that I drink the rest of the day usually until I go to bed. If there is a series on tv I like I will sit down and watch it and drink either my Arnold Palmer, always cold with some ice in it, or a cup or two of flavored coffee. I do not care for cold coffee so it's always at least luke warm when I drink it.
So a 14 US ounce mug contains... where's my calculator? ...
14 * 231/128 * 2.54³ = 414.029... ml. Wow, that's almost half a litre. You can call it a (beer) stein then. ;-)
Clearly, metrification will never overcome the pond—a lost cause.
Believe me it's ALOT faster for you to do all those calculations than for me to try and do them and tell you I drink about 24 ounces of coffee most mornings and some evenings. I try to drink about a gallon of liquids every day to keep things 'moving' like they should.
BUT... Let's be clear here, A U.S. Cup is not the same as a COFFEE CUP (at least in the U.S.)
According to my Cuisinart coffee carafe (or pot), the markings on the side indicate that it holds 14 cups. I just filled my "2 U.S. Cup" pyrex measuring cup(?) device up the the 2 cup line 4 times (that's a total of 8 cups which is the same as a quart) and poured it into my carafe/pot and it comes up to the "14 cup" line.
If you take the U.S. Cup to be the same as 4 U.S. liquid oz, I poured 32 oz into the pot which holds 14 cups. So 32 ÷ 14 = (approximately) 2.29 ounces (oz). So my 4 cup coffee mug is actually holding a little less than 10 fluid oz of coffee. Why don't the coffee makers make the lines on their coffee pots to actually measure how much coffee you get when poured into your coffee cup in liquid ounces? Who knows! Even I would like that... But, I continue...
So with the same online calculator as above:
So when I talk about a coffee mug (or even just a coffee cup) and mention that it holds 4 cups of coffee, it is ACTUALLY holding about 10 oz of coffee by U.S. liquid measurement standards, or a little more than a third of a liter.
Are you confused yet? LOL I know, we yanks are not the same as you European's, or even the rest of the world for that matter. But this is what we have and are taught in schools, and we love it! It is very difficult to change our habits, good or bad ones, so live with it.
Tom M wrote: It's July and
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According to my 14 cup coffee carafe/pot, I drink between 6 to 14 cups per day. My own coffee mug is big, it holds 4 cups.
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GWGeorge007 wrote: Tom M
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My mugs hold 3 cups according to my coffee pot, mine is a drip Mr Coffee type but it's a Ninja brand. I also have an older Keurig that I use for days when I don't have time to drink, or want more than a single cup but I have been known to change my mind and drink 2 or more cups from it. I use the largest setting on it but it's less than I would pour from my drip kind.
I sit down at the computer with my coffee in the morning but unless I use a metal insulated mug it's cold long before I'm ready to get up and refill it so about 1/3 of every mug gets thrown out. I try to get to a certain point every day before I refill it but sometimes there's just alot to go thru and it takes longer than other days.
mikey wrote: I sit down at
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I also sit at my computer with my mug of coffee (Maxwell House Columbian cooked in BOLD mode on my Cuisinart coffee maker) most days. I too need to get a refill when my cup gets cold, but I don't mind my coffee cold most of the time. And when my coffee maker automatically turns off, I just refill my cold mug and nuke it in the microwave. Like I said, some days I'll just have one mug (4 cups), and others I'll drink the whole pot. :*)
Proud member of the Old Farts Association
If I may ask... how much
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If I may ask... how much coffee do you drink? Resp. how much is one of your "cups"? (milli liters [ml]). And how large are your "mugs"? (4 cups... really?)
I only knew our typical coffee mugs, which are ~250 ml; a little less than two continental Europ. "cups".
Scrooge McDuck wrote: If I
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I buy coffee mugs to remember different events or that interest me and always try to buy 14 US ounce mugs if they have them. I can't drink coffee black so add cream and sugar to my medium roast coffee, I usually buy Tim Horton's coffee but will also buy coffee that is on sale at my local grocery store, or any other store that sells coffee that has a good enough price for me. I usually spend about $4.50 for a 12 to 16 ounce bag of coffee but the Tim Horton's comes in a 3 pound can from Amazon. I will also buy bags from restaurants that have coffee I like like First Watch or a place in Alaska that has good coffee too but those are nearly $20 for a 12 ounce bag so I try to keep them around when we have company or like when I give my neighbor a couple of bags at Christmas for when he watches my house when we go out of town.
I too nuke my cold coffee when the pot turns off unless it's after about 9:30am then I will throw it out and start drinking my iced tea and lemonade mix, an Arnold Palmer but sugar free, with a packet of Propel electrolyte mix in it that I drink the rest of the day usually until I go to bed. If there is a series on tv I like I will sit down and watch it and drink either my Arnold Palmer, always cold with some ice in it, or a cup or two of flavored coffee. I do not care for cold coffee so it's always at least luke warm when I drink it.
I asked for milliliters [ml]
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I asked for milliliters [ml] and got... ounces... or to be more precise: fluid ounces... yet 'US' fluid ounces.
1 US fl.oz. = 1/128 US.liq.gal = 231 cuin/US.liq.gal / 128 US.fl.oz/US.liq.gal = 231/128 cuin/US.fl.oz * (2.54 cm/in)³ = 29.5735295625 cm³/US.fl.oz and 1 cm³ = 1 ml. Well!
So a 14 US ounce mug contains... where's my calculator? ...
14 * 231/128 * 2.54³ = 414.029... ml. Wow, that's almost half a litre. You can call it a (beer) stein then. ;-)
Clearly, metrification will never overcome the pond—a lost cause.
"...the solution is left to
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"...the solution is left to the student..."
A Proud member of the O.F.A. (Old Farts Association). Be well, do good work, and keep in touch.® (Garrison Keillor)
Scrooge McDuck wrote: I
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Believe me it's ALOT faster for you to do all those calculations than for me to try and do them and tell you I drink about 24 ounces of coffee most mornings and some evenings. I try to drink about a gallon of liquids every day to keep things 'moving' like they should.
Scrooge McDuck wrote: I
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Hey Scrooge!
Here is my 4 cup coffee mug and the conversion (an EASY conversion) from U.S. Cups to Liters.
You can find it at: https://www.calculator.net/conversion-calculator.html
BUT... Let's be clear here, A U.S. Cup is not the same as a COFFEE CUP (at least in the U.S.)
According to my Cuisinart coffee carafe (or pot), the markings on the side indicate that it holds 14 cups. I just filled my "2 U.S. Cup" pyrex measuring cup(?) device up the the 2 cup line 4 times (that's a total of 8 cups which is the same as a quart) and poured it into my carafe/pot and it comes up to the "14 cup" line.
If you take the U.S. Cup to be the same as 4 U.S. liquid oz, I poured 32 oz into the pot which holds 14 cups. So 32 ÷ 14 = (approximately) 2.29 ounces (oz). So my 4 cup coffee mug is actually holding a little less than 10 fluid oz of coffee. Why don't the coffee makers make the lines on their coffee pots to actually measure how much coffee you get when poured into your coffee cup in liquid ounces? Who knows! Even I would like that... But, I continue...
So with the same online calculator as above:
So when I talk about a coffee mug (or even just a coffee cup) and mention that it holds 4 cups of coffee, it is ACTUALLY holding about 10 oz of coffee by U.S. liquid measurement standards, or a little more than a third of a liter.
Are you confused yet? LOL I know, we yanks are not the same as you European's, or even the rest of the world for that matter. But this is what we have and are taught in schools, and we love it! It is very difficult to change our habits, good or bad ones, so live with it.
Proud member of the Old Farts Association
Coffee has broken like the
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Coffee has broken like the first bean grind....
Tune: Morning has Broken....
A Proud member of the O.F.A. (Old Farts Association). Be well, do good work, and keep in touch.® (Garrison Keillor)