5 Cup Coffee Maker
5 Cup Coffee Maker questions and answers
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Q: What is the water to coffee ratio for making the perfect cup of coffee?
The bag of coffee doesn't say can you please help I want to make 5 cups so if I fill my coffee maker with water to the 5 cup line how much coffee do I put in?
A: 1 tbsp for ever 2 cups so 2and 1/2 tbsps, then put a dash of salt over the coffeegrounds before brewing to kill the bitterness.....
Q: I'm looking for a coffee maker that will make 5 days, 2cups a day automaticly by filling grounds, water once.
I would like to put grounds in 5 different holders and maybe hook water up to supply or not , hit a button and have 2 cup a coffee ready at 5am every morning for 5 days streight automaticly
A: Good luck! Never heard of such a thing.
But for the lazy society we have become, you may be on to something! Patent the idea
Q: Help me, I make disgusting coffee!!?
We have a 5 cup coffee maker, I always make it either too strong or too weak. We have maxwell house coffee in like medium I think. I like my coffee on the weaker side but not too watery, every day I either put too much in, or too little, I followed the directions and it was too strong for me. Is there any good brands of coffee that are REALLY good and make fool-proof yummy tasting coffee? I have wasted SO much coffee & creamer the past two weeks making these gross pots of coffee
A: Measure it and you'll be able to adjust the strength really soon!
And purchase premium coffee!
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Q: Yard sale pricing..?
Ok I've got a set of books, 5 out of the series of 6 (the 6th book just came out and I haven't read it yet.) Each book costs $7, what would be a good price for the entire set? Also what is a good price for a 5-cup coffee maker that is in excellent shape? I'm also selling some bracelet sets and single bracelets that I have made with real crystal beads as well as one being Tiger's Eye and one being Snowflake Obsidian. What would be good prices for these? I was thinking $10 for the sets that have a bracelet & earrings and the set that has earrings & a necklace and maybe $5 for the single bracelets? Ohh and there's a HUGE, HEAVY mirror with a neat wooden frame...what do you think would be good for that?
It is a pretty popular series right now so maybe you're right. I could also split them up if the buyer has already read some of the series...
A: Are the books hardback or paperback??? For hard back I would pay 15$ for the set and for paper I would pay about ten. Coffee maker I would pay 5$. For the jewelry I would say put the prices you were thinking on them but if someone makes an offer at least consider going down on the price. For the mirror it depends on how good of shape it is in. I would say maybe 20$
Q: Spending to much on STARBUCKS coffee?
1. 4 cup drip coffee maker (walgreens) $10.00
2. 1 gallon crystal geyser water (food co) $1.00
3. 200 plain white filters (food co) $1.00
4. 1 Bruan coffee grinder (bed bath and...) $19.00
5. 1 bag STARBUCKS brand coffee $9.00
6. Borrow 2x STARBUCKS tall cups
00.. refrigerate the coffee after opening!
Place filter into basket, pour beans into the grinder lid 1/2 full, grind while shaking the grinder a little bit, empty the grinder lid into the filter basket, place the filter basket into the maker, then add the water, 4 cups.(1/2 lid makes 4 cups)...turn on the maker....brew, then turn the maker off, drink as soon as possible, after the coffee cools.
You'll get un-hooked an a single bag lasts 2 months
this is the only way to duplicate the store coffee
add half n half to taste
astronomical savings!
A: I dumped Starbucks about a year ago. Personal reasons. God Bless you.
Q: Coffee maker to meet my needs?
Here's what I want to do:
1) program coffee maker the night before
2) have it ready at 5:30am
3) either have it brew directly into a thermos-like cup or pour it into a thermos-like container
4) coffee still be hot and ready to drink at 8am after my workout.
I haven't found a coffee maker that brews directly to a thermos-type cup. And even if I found one I don't know if it will stay warm for 2.5 hours.
I did find an electric travel mug that heats the coffee using the cars power adatper and thought about getting that.
Question 1: Anyone know of a brew-to-thermos coffee maker that will keep the coffee hot for 2 hours.
Question 1a: If not, anyone know if the electric mugs work well?
A: Boil some water and stir it in.
Q: If you had to choose just one of these to make, which would you choose?
Frozen Coffe Mocha
1 ice-cube tray of frozen coffee
2 T. + 1 C. milk
1 1/2 T. cocoa powder
2 T. powdered sugar
1/2 t. vanilla
Freeze leftover coffee each morning in an ice cube tray until you have one full tray of cubes.
Microwave 2 Tbs. milk until hot enough to melt the cocoa powder and powdered sugar. Mix in the vanilla and stir well. Add the remaining cup of milk.
Put one tray of coffee cubes, cocoa nad the milk mixture in the blender. Blend until smooth.
Frappachino
8-10 frozen coffee cubes
4 T Hershey chocolate powder (sweetened)
2 oz. half and half
2 shots of espresso or coffee
Blend until consistency of a thick milkshake. Serve with real whipped cream and sprinkle with chocolate powder.
Frozen Coffee Cooler
6 C. ice cubes
4 C. brewed coffee, cooled
1 C. coffee liqueur
3/4 C. sugar
1 t. ground cinnamon
1 C. half and half or milk
Garnishes: whipped cream, ground cinnamon
Process half of first five ingredients in a blender until smooth.
Pour coffee mixture into a large pitcher. Repeat with remaining half of first five ingredients, and pour into pitcher.
Stir half and half into coffee mixture, and garnish, if desired. Serve immediately.
Mocha Shake
1/4 C. warm water
2 T. Hershe's cocoa
1 T. sugar
1 C. cold coffee
1 C. vanilla ice cream
crushed ice
whipped cream
In blender container combine water, cocoa and sugar. Cover; blendo n low speed. Add coffee; cover and blend. Add ice cream; cover and blend until smooth.
Serve immediately over crushed ice. Garnish with whipped cream, if desired.
Spanish Coffee
2 C. (1 pint) light cream
4 Hershey's milk chocolate bars (1.55 oz. each), broken into pieces
Whipped cream
1/4 C. brewed coffee OR 1/2 t. powdered instant coffee dissolved in 1/4 C. boiling water
In medium saucepan, combine light cream and chocolate bar pieces. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until chocolate is melted and mixture is smooth. Stir in coffee. Beat with rotary beater or wire whisk until foamy.
Serve hot with a dollop of whipped cream or cool chocolate mixture and serve over crushed ice.
Iced Chocolate Latte
A tall glass filled with ice
4-5 oz. of double brewed coffee
2 T. sugar
a good long squirt of chocolate syrup
1/4-1/2 C. of whole milk (as much or as little as you like)
whipped cream
cinnamon
Start with making some strong coffee by brewing 6-7 oz. of coffee and then pouring it back into your coffee maker andbrewing it again. This may not be good for some coffee makers. You will loose some water in the process, producing 4-5 oz. of coffee.
Add the sugar, syrup, and the milk to the coffee; stir well.
Poor the coffee over the ice in a tall glass and top with whipped cream or foamed milk; lastly sprinkle a dash of cinnamon on top.
A: They all sound good to me.
Q: can you do this in the office/work?
Try this in the Office for fun....
A co-worker sent this to me today. I thought it was hilarious and could really be fun in the office. Check it out..........
ONE-POINT OFFICE DARES
1) Run one lap around the office at top speed.
2) Ignore the first five people who say 'good morning' to you.
3) Phone someone in the office you barely know, leave your name and say, "Just called to say I can't talk right now. Bye."
4) To signal the end of a conversation, clamp your hands over your ears and grimace.
5) Leave your zipper open for one hour. If anyone points it out, say, "Sorry, I really prefer it this way."
6) Walk sideways to the photocopier.
7) While riding in an elevator, gasp dramatically every time the doors open.
THREE-POINT DARES
1) Say to your boss, "I like your style" and shoot him with double-barreled fingers.
2) Babble incoherently at a fellow employee, and then ask, "Did you get all that, I don't want to have to repeat it."
3) Page yourself over the intercom (do not disguise your voice).
4) Kneel in front of the water cooler and drink directly from the nozzle (there must be a 'non-player' within sight).
5) Shout random numbers while someone is counting.
FIVE POINT DARES
1) At the end of a meeting, suggest that, for once, it would be nice to conclude with the singing of the national anthem (5 extra points if you actually launch into it yourself).
2) Walk into a very busy person's office and while they watch you with growing irritation, turn the light switch on/off 10 times.
3) For an hour, refer to everyone you speak to as "Bob."
4) Announce to everyone in a meeting that you "really have to go do a number two."
5) After every sentence, say 'Mon' in a really bad Jamaican accent. As in "The reports on your desk, Mon". Keep this up for 1 hour.
6) While an office mate is out, move their chair into the elevator.
7) In a meeting or crowded situation, slap your forehead repeatedly and mutter, "Shut up, all of you just shut up!"
8) At lunchtime, get down on your knees and announce, "As God as my witness, I'll never go hungry again."
9) In a colleague's DAY PLANNER, write in the 10am slot: "See how I look in tights."(5 Extra points if it is a male, 5 more if he is your boss)
10) Carry your keyboard over to your colleague and ask, "You wanna trade?"
11) Repeat the following conversation 10 times to the same person: "Do you hear that?" "What?" "Never mind, it's gone now."
12) Come to work in army fatigues and when asked why, say, "I can't talk about it."
13) Posing as a maitre d', call a colleague and tell him he's won a lunch for four at a local restaurant. Let him go.
14) Speak with an accent (French, German, Porky Pig, etc) during a very important conference call.
15) Find the vacuum and start vacuuming around your desk.
16) Hang a 2' long piece of toilet roll from the back of your pants and act genuinely surprised when someone points it out.
17) Present meeting attendees with a cup of coffee and biscuits, smashing each biscuit with your fist.
18) During the course of a meeting, slowly edge your chair towards the door.
19) Arrange toy figures on the table to represent each meeting attendee, move them according to the movements of their real-life counterparts.
And if that wasn't enough for you...How to keep a healthy level of insanity:
1) At lunchtime, sit in your parked car with sunglasses on and point a hair dryer at passing cars. See if they slow down.
2) Tell your children over dinner. "Due to the economy, we are going to have to let one of you go."
3) Every time someone asks you to do something, ask if they want fries with that.
4) Put your wastebasket on your desk and label it "IN".
5) Put decaf in the coffee maker for 3 weeks. Once everyone has gotten over his or her caffeine addictions, switch to espresso.
6) Finish all your sentences with "In accordance with the prophecy."
7) Don’t use any punctuation
8) Use, too...much; punctuation!
9) As often as possible, skip rather than walk.
10) Ask people what sex they are. Laugh hysterically after they answer.
11) Specify that your drive-through order is "to go."
12) Sing along at the opera.
13) Go to a poetry recital and ask why the poems don't rhyme.
14) Put mosquito netting around your work area. Play a tape of jungle sounds all day.
15) Five days in advance tell your friends you can't attend their party because you're not in the mood.
16) Have your co-workers address you by your wrestling name, "Rock Hard."
17) When the money comes out of the ATM, scream "I Won! I Won! 3rd time this week!!!"
18) When leaving the zoo, start running towards the parking lot yelling, "Run for your lives, they're loose!"
A: Funny, but it sounds like a good way to get fired. It's pretty tough to find a new job in today's economy - especially if your last employer won't give you a good reference!
Q: If you at work i dare you to do this?
ONE POINT OFFICE DARES
1) Run one lap around the office at top speed.
2) Groan out loud in the toilet cubicle (at least one other 'non-player'
must be in the toilet at the time).
3) Ignore the first five people who say 'good morning' to you
4) Phone someone in the office you barely know, leave your name and say,
"Just called to say I can't talk right now. Bye."
5) To signal the end of a conversation, clamp your hands over your ears
and
grimace.
6) When someone hands you a piece of paper, finger it, and whisper
huskily,
"Mmmmmmm, that feels soooooo good
7) Leave your zipper open for one hour. If anyone points it out, say,
"Sorry, I really prefer it this way".
8) Walk sideways to the photocopier.
9) While riding a lift, gasp dramatically every time the doors open.
THREE-POINTS DARES
1) Say to your boss, "I like your style" and shoot him with
double-barrelled fingers.
2) Babble incoherently at a fellow employee then ask, "Did you get all
that, I don't want to have to repeat it".
3) Page yourself over the intercom (do not disguise your voice).
4) Kneel in front of the water cooler and drink directly from the nozzle
(there must be a 'non-player' within sight).
5) Shout random numbers while someone is counting.
FIVE POINT DARES
1) At the end of a meeting, suggest that, for once, it would be nice to
conclude with the singing of the national anthem (extra points if you
actually launch into it yourself).
2) Walk into a very busy person's office and while they watch you with
growing irritation, turn the light switch on/off 10 times.
3) For an hour, refer to everyone you speak to as "Bob".
4) Announce to everyone in a meeting that you "really have to go do a
number two".
5) After every sentence, say 'Mon' in a really bad Jamaican accent. As in
"the report's on your desk, Mon". Keep this up for one hour.
6) While an office mate is out, move their chair into the lift.
7) In a meeting or crowded situation, slap your forehead; repeatedly and
mutter, "Shut up, damn it, all of you just shut up!".
8) At lunchtime, get down on your knees and announce, "As God is my
witness, I'll never go hungry again".
9) In a colleague's diary, write in 10am: "See how I look in tights".
10) Carry your keyboard over to your colleague and ask "You wanna trade?".
11) Repeat the following conversation 10 times to the same person: "Do you
hear that?" "What?" "Never mind, it's gone now".
12) Come to work in army fatigues and when asked why, say, "I can't talk
about it".
13) Posing as a maitre d', call a colleague and tell him he's won a lunch
for four at a local restaurant. Let him go.
14) Speak with an accent (French, German, Porky Pig, etc) during a very
important conference call
15) Find the vacuum and start vacuuming around your desk.
16) Hang a two-foot long piece of toilet roll from the back of your pants
and act genuinely surprised when someone points it out.
17) Present meeting attendees with a cup of coffee and biscuit, smash each
biscuit with your fist.
18) During the course of a meeting, slowly edge your chair towards the
door.
19) Arrange toy figures on the table to represent each meeting attendee,
move them according to the movements of their real-life counterparts.
And if that wasn't enough for you...
1) At lunchtime, sit in your parked car with sunglasses on and point a
hairdryer at passing cars. See if they slow down.
2) Tell your children over dinner. "Due to the economy, we are going to
have to let one of you go."
3) Every time someone asks you to do something, ask if they want fries
with
that.
4) Put your rubbish bin on your desk and label it "IN."
5) Put decaf in the coffee maker for 3 weeks. Once everyone has got over
his or her caffeine addictions, switch to espresso.
8) Don't use any punctuation marks at all in your e-mails.
9) As often as possible, skip rather than walk.
10) Ask people what sex they are. Laugh hysterically after they answer
11) Specify that your drive-through order is "to go."
12) Sing along at the opera.
13) Go to a poetry recital and ask why the poems don't rhyme.
14) Put mosquito netting around your work area. Play a tape of jungle
sounds all day.
15) Five days in advance, tell your friends you can't attend their party
because you're not in the mood.
16) Have your co-workers address y ou by your wrestling name, Rock Hard
17) When the money comes out of the ATM, scream "I Won! I Won! 3rd time
this week!!!"
18) When leaving the zoo, start running towards the parking lot yelling,
"Run for your lives, they're loose!"
A: Okay its a long list, so it wasn't all in one day, but seriously, over the last month, I've completed all of the one point challenges. 1, 2, 3 & 5 of the 3-pointers. 1, 8, 9, 10, 15 & 18 of the 5-pointers and 2, 3, 4, 8, 11 & 17 of the bonus challenges. Thing is, with me and in my office....no one really notices a difference.
Q: Office Dares?
1) Run one lap around the office at top speed.
2) Ignore the first five people who say 'good morning' to you.
3) Phone someone in the office you barely know, leave your name and
say,"Just called to say I can't talk right now. Bye."
4) To signal the end of a conversation, clamp your hands over your ears and
grimace.
5) Leave your zipper open for one hour. If anyone points it out,
say,"Sorry, I really prefer it this way."
6) Walk sideways to the photocopier.
7) While riding in an elevator, gasp dramatically every time the doors
open.
THREE-POINT DARES
1) Say to your boss, "I like your style" and shoot him with double-barreled
fingers.
2) Babble incoherently at a fellow employee then ask, "Did you get all
that, I don't want to have to repeat it."
3) Page yourself over the intercom (do not disguise your voice).
4) Kneel in front of the water cooler and drink directly from the nozzle
(there must be a 'non-player' within sight).
5) Shout random numbers while someone is counting.
FIVE POINT DARES
1) At the end of a meeting, suggest that, for once, it would be nice to
conclude with the singing of the national anthem (5 extra points if you
actually launch into it yourself).
2) Walk into a very busy person's office and while they watch you with
growing irritation, turn the light switch on/off 10 times.
3) For an hour, refer to everyone you speak to as "Bob."
4) Announce to everyone in a meeting that you "really have to go do a
number two."
5) After every sentence, say 'Mon' in a really bad Jamaican accent. As in
"The report's on your desk, Mon." Keep this up for 1 hour.
6) While an office mate is out, move their chair into the elevator.
7) In a meeting or crowded situation, slap your forehead repeatedly and
mutter, "Shut up, all of you just shut up!"
8) At lunchtime, get down on your knees and announce, "As God as my
witness, I'll never go hungry again."
9) Carry your keyboard over to your colleague and ask, "You wanna trade?"
10) Repeat the following conversation 10 times to the same person: "Do you
hear that?" "What?" "Never mind, it's gone now."
11) Come to work in army fatigues and when asked why, say, "I can't talk
about it."
12) Posing as a maitre d', call a colleague and tell him he's won a lunch
for four at a local restaurant. Let him go.
13) Speak with an accent (French, German, Porky Pig, etc) during a very
important conference call.
14) Hang a 2' long piece of toilet roll from the back of your pants and act
genuinely surprised when someone points it out.
15) Present meeting attendees with a cup of coffee and biscuits, smashing
each biscuit with your fist.
16) During the course of a meeting, slowly edge your chair towards the
door.
17) Arrange toy figures on the table to represent each meeting attendee,
move them according to the movements of their real-life counterparts.
And if that wasn't enough for you... How to keep a healthy level of
insanity:
1) At lunchtime, sit in your parked car with sunglasses on and point a hair
dryer at passing cars. See if they slow down.
2) Tell your children over dinner. "Due to the economy, we are going to
have to let one of you go."
3) Every time someone asks you to do something, ask if they want fries with
that.
4) Put your waste basket on your desk and label it "IN".
5) Put decaf in the coffee maker for 3 weeks. Once everyone has gotten over
his or her caffeine addictions, switch to espresso.
6) Finish all your sentences with "In accordance with the prophecy."
7) Ask people what sex they are. Laugh hysterically after they answer.
8) Specify that your drive-through order is "to go."
9) Sing along at the opera.
10) Put mosquito netting around your work area. Play a tape of jungle
sounds all day.
11) Have your co-workers address you by your wrestling name, "Rock Hard."
12) When the money comes out of the ATM, scream "I Won! I Won! 3rd time
this week!!!"
A: LOL!
This is one of the funniest joke lists I have ever heard!!
Thank you for making me laugh so hard!
STAR FOR YOU
(but really, did you make it up? No. Who does make this kind of stuff up?)
♥
Q: Chebyshev's theorem?
(i) A coffee-maker is regulated so that it takes an average of 5.8 min to brew a cup of coffee with a standard deviation of 0.6 min. According to Chebyshev's theorem, what percentage of the times that this coffee-maker is used will the brewing time take anywhere from 4.6 min to 7 min.
(ii) Give your reason why the Chebyshev's theorem is applied in part (i).
(iii) Do you think that the percentage found in part (i) is accurate? Please explain.
A: The theorem says that for any random variable X with mean μ and finite variance σ² and k > 0 then
P( | X - μ | < kσ) ≥ 1 - 1/k²
in other words, the probability that X is withing k standard deviations of the mean is no less than 1 - 1/k². this is a very conservative estimate but it works. The proof is easy for continuous random variables and isn't that bad for discrete ones. The most important thing to see here is that it does not matter if the random variable is continuous or discrete, this inequality holds.
(i) The value of 4.6 is 2 standard deviations below the mean and the value 7 is 2 standard deviations above the mean. as such, the percentage of data time the coffee makers will be within this range is 1 - 1/2² = 1 - 1/4 = 3/4 = 75%
(ii) use Chebyshev's theorem because you do not know the distribution of the average brewing time. this theorem is valid for any distribution with finite mean and finite variance.
(iii) it is very conservative. the central limit theorem suggests that if this data was collected from a large enough sample then the average brew time would be normally distributed. if you used the normal distribution you would find 0.9544997 of the data lies within two standard deviations above or below the mean.