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New coffee pot brewing half cup less than the water I poured in
Posted on 8/17/17 at 9:27 am
Posted on 8/17/17 at 9:27 am
I keep pouring 6 cups of water into the carafe and then into the coffee maker, but then the pot only fills up with 5.5 cups of coffee. What's up with that?
ETA I know some can be lost due to water vapor, but I feel like half a cup is a lot of water lost due to vapor. At least with older pots I've never seen a discrepancy this big.
I have one of those Hamilton Beach 12 cup/single cup makers. Got it like less than a month ago. It's making some kind of weird clicking sound now.
ETA I know some can be lost due to water vapor, but I feel like half a cup is a lot of water lost due to vapor. At least with older pots I've never seen a discrepancy this big.
I have one of those Hamilton Beach 12 cup/single cup makers. Got it like less than a month ago. It's making some kind of weird clicking sound now.
This post was edited on 8/17/17 at 9:38 am
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Posted on 8/17/17 at 9:31 am to When in Rome
Condensation is where water turns to vapor when heated.
Aren't you an engineer?
Aren't you an engineer?
Posted on 8/17/17 at 9:35 am to When in Rome
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What's up with that?
Lost to vapor.
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It's making some kind of weird clicking sound now.
You're going to die.
Posted on 8/17/17 at 9:35 am to SuperSaint
Half a cup of water? No way, josé
Posted on 8/17/17 at 9:36 am to LSUBoo
I've never seen a pot lose half a cup to water vapor before.
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quote:I knew it
you're going to die
This post was edited on 8/17/17 at 9:37 am
Posted on 8/17/17 at 9:42 am to When in Rome
I'm sure some is still in the reservoir and didn't get picked up by the pump as well. Turn it upside down and see how much comes out.
Posted on 8/17/17 at 9:45 am to When in Rome
coffee grain absorption.
Posted on 8/17/17 at 9:46 am to When in Rome
My pot has two marks next to each cup. One shows where to fill it up to and the other shows where it will be after it brews. It's basically a half cup difference. You are losing some to evaporation and some that gets absorbed into the coffee that doesn't come out.
Posted on 8/17/17 at 9:51 am to MamouTiger65
Interesting, thanks fellas. A combination of all these things makes sense to me. I guess I'll just fill it half a cup more every time. I just wanted to make sure something wasn't faulty.
This post was edited on 8/17/17 at 9:52 am
Posted on 8/17/17 at 9:55 am to When in Rome
Throw that bitch away.....get a Keurig.
Posted on 8/17/17 at 9:57 am to When in Rome
Just add more water and stop worrying so much
Posted on 8/17/17 at 10:01 am to B_LSU90
That's exactly what I intend to do! 
Posted on 8/17/17 at 10:08 am to When in Rome
quote:
I keep pouring 6 cups of water into the carafe and then into the coffee maker, but then the pot only fills up with 5.5 cups of coffee. What's up with that?
The way a woman's mind works is God's own private mystery.
Posted on 8/17/17 at 10:14 am to Gaston
alright, alright 
Posted on 8/17/17 at 10:16 am to When in Rome
check with suspect #1, your dryer
Posted on 8/17/17 at 10:50 am to When in Rome
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I know some can be lost due to water vapor, but I feel like half a cup is a lot of water lost due to vapor. At least with older pots I've never seen a discrepancy this big.
It's not water vapor. Those little dark things you put in the filter soak up a lot of water. The more coffee grinds go in, the less coffee water comes out.
Posted on 8/17/17 at 12:54 pm to BugAC
Some evaporates but not that much the rest is split most trapped in the grains notice how much heavier they were than before?? Das da water. also a small amount runns back down into the reservoir where ya can hear it gargle and hiss away. half a cup sounds about right to me. No worries.
Posted on 8/17/17 at 11:17 pm to When in Rome
Mine does the same thing
Posted on 8/18/17 at 10:26 am to When in Rome
Also consider water absorbed by the coffee filter. We use 2 filters (above and below coffee grounds) and this seems to eliminate grounds getting into coffee pot.
I always add a little extra water to compensate.
I always add a little extra water to compensate.
Posted on 8/18/17 at 3:50 pm to BayooBandit
We use a Bunn A-10 and always get the same out as we put in. We only add water in 4 cup increments (4+4+2 = 10 cups)to prevent grounds from getting into the coffee. Your loss of 1/2 cup of water has to be due to evaporation. I would suggest your coffee maker is too hot. The Bunn and other brands brew at an optimum temperature below the boiling point of water.
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