On the Folgers website, it has a calculator. Place the number of 'cups' of coffee you desire and it tells you how much coffee to use and how much water to use. I put 8 cups, and it gives the following. 'For 8 servings of coffee use 8 tablespoons of ground coffee and 6 cups of water.' What?!?!?! is this 6 eight ounce cups for 8 six ounce cups of coffee?
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3Stick to grams and milliliters ;) – Max May 21 '14 at 18:49
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I wish, @Max. You know how hard it is to live a metric life in a non-metric society? Apart from lab equipment, that is. – Preston May 28 '14 at 03:32
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But yes. A "cup of coffee" is not 1 cup by volume. – Preston May 28 '14 at 03:33
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Yes. Strangely, a standard "cup" of coffee (at least in the US) is 6 ounces (177ml). That's especially weird since most of us drink huge mugs. Go figure. So according to Folgers, to make 8 "servings" (48 ounces, 1.4 liters) you should use 8 tablespoons of coffee (42 grams) and 6 cups (48 ounces, 1.4 liters) of water. See also: Is a "cup" on a coffee maker always 6 oz? Is this a standard in the US?
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yes I already read that... which does not answer the question... 1 tablespoon of coffee for each 'cup' of 'assumed' brewed six oz cup... using eight oz of cold water? So for the 8 'cup' equation, 8 tablespoons of grounds and 6 cups of eight oz each cold water? – Crash May 21 '14 at 05:24
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1@Crash Yes, so according to Folgers, to make 8 "servings" (48ounces) you should use 8 tablespoons of coffee and 6 cups (48ounces) of water. – Jolenealaska May 21 '14 at 05:31
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One Tbs of ground coffee brewed in 6 oz of water is a common recipe for a single serving of coffee. The phrase "a cup of coffee" uses the word "cup" in a sense that does not mean "8 ounces" ... understandably confusing. In the end, you should adjust the ratio of coffee to water to suit your tastes and the particular roast.
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I prefer to weigh the coffee. Most home coffeemakers are "10-cup". A good starting point is 1.25 to 1.5oz of ground coffee (use more if it's a coarse grind) per 10-cup pot.
For commercial 12-cup brewers, start at 1.5oz and work up... 1.75 or 2oz is generally ideal.
Starbucks uses almost 3oz to brew a pot, but they are doing all of the following: -Using a gourmet coffee -Using a very coarse grind -Brewing it wayyyyyyy too strong
Keep in mind for lower quality coffees (e.g. Folgers) with a lot of Robusta (vs Arabica) coffee in it, you'll need less coffee to get the same strength.
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