can you dial the number of cups od coffee you want this grinder to brew?
1246767
Yes, sort of. It gives you choices of ranges that you can select on the front and how corse or fine you want the coffee ground.
1246768
Yes, you can tell it how much to grind (it's just a grinder; it doesn't brew). It has settings in increments of 2. I.e.: your options are 2, 4, 6, or 8 cups.
1246769
The grinder does not brew. You put in the number of scoops of beans you want to grind, set the fineness of the grind, choose the number corresponding to the number of scoops you want to grind, and hold down the button til the grinding stops. If there are beans left, you can set the number for additional grinding. Once done you pull the drawer out, empty it into your pot's filter, add water and brew.
1526803
Yes. But It's important to set the amount of Coffee powder you would like to grind. DO this by moving the small selector in front of the device. The lower number, less coffee you will grind, then the machine will shut of sooner
1627060
Once set #1-#9 every time you grind coffee the texture of the grind is the same. I do not grind more coffee than is used for one pot. Don't know how long you can run the machine before it burns up. Grinding a lot of coffee at once seems to be defeating the purpose of having freshly ground coffee.
903968
You can't! Do not waste your money on this machine. It makes a huge mess when the coffee was brewing. I returned it and would not waste my money on this garbage.
638721
If the grinder is set for 10 cups, you could just put in enough water for 7 or 8 cups. Or else, you could run the grinder for a little while before the filter holder snaps back, turn it off, and then run it again for a complete grinding.
675211
I have and really like this grinder. As for your question,the # servings dial goes up to 12 (a pot), so that is the max one can grind with a single button press.
225735
I'm not sure why it is so hard for folks with the coffee maker to answer questions correctly. From the manual from Cuisinart ( http://www.cuisinart.com/share/pdf/manuals/dgb-900bc.pdf ): "Grind Control Knob: Turn the Grind Control to choose the desired amount of coffee beans to grind." (ie you control for how many cups you are grinding(2,4,5,8,10,12) Not grind size(coarse,fine, etc). This makes sense as this is a DRIP coffee maker - so the size of grind should be fixed to the size suitable for drip coffee makers. Varying the grind size is used to address different ways of making coffee - so for espresso you grind much finer, and for french press you grind more course. This isn't a general purpose grinder - if you want a grinder to feed coffee to a variety of devices, buy that. This is a drip coffee maker. The grind size should be fixed for drip coffee.
1077282
Maybe 2 cups, definitely not four. You'd have to do a couple of rounds, but it goes pretty quick. I know that some of the larger hand grinders can do more, but those can be harder to hold. The best part about this one is that your hand fits easily around the grinder enough to grip it really well.
1888829
Yes you can do it. The coffee container/filter has marks for 2 and 4 cups of grounded coffee, so, you can measure half way up to the "2 cups" mark and you will have coffee to make 1 cup.At the begining, I found kinda hard to measure both time and coffee, but after two or three tries, I found the right amount of coffee and brewing time to have a nice cup of coffee (I usually like very strong coffee, so, I use the 4 cups line to make 2 cups of, i.e., moka).
157008
You can, but it's tricky to get the coffee ratio right because there's always some water left in the bottom that dilutes the rest when it siphons back down in. You don't notice it that much when you're doing 4 cups or more, but I think if you're looking to only brew 1-2 cups at a time you'd be better off with a French Press.
190718
No, you select the amount of beans you want to grind then you add the water into the reservoir. You can brew from 2-12 cups.
223655
It depends on how strong you like your coffee. We make ours in a 12 cup coffee pot and I put 5 scoops of grounds in. It would take two grinding runs to produce that amount of coffee grounds, however its just a touch of a button and 30 seconds to do it so its relatively quick and pain free.
1765311
No it's very easy. just dial in the grind size and turn the knob on the right and it starts griding. depending how many cups you are trying to brew and how strong it only takes a few second. the see thru bin on the front can hold alot of ground coffee. i usually grind a little more than i need just in case i want more coffee. Best grinder for the price, performance for the home. i hope this helps
108637
Not sure! And I don't do my coffee extremely strong so that would affect the number of cups one would yield.
287674
Yes, this burr mill grinder has 18 custom grind selections from fine (espresso grade) to coarse (french press grade).
1648533
I believe it is 8 to 10 cups. I have a bun pour over machine, and the decanter say's its 10 cups. I fill that to the top with water, and I set the grinder for 8 cups. then it is your preference to set your grind on what you like. My 8 cups I will use 4 scoops in the coffee grind holder. Then I choose I think the setting is 4 , not sure will have to check. It makes us wonderful coffee.
449291
If there is a way, I don't see how you could. I just looked at mine and as you leave the "filter" range and enter the "espresso" range" (moving from left to right) it automatically switches from cups to shots. I suppose you would have to work out how many shots would equal cups and go from there. The machine assumes that when you are in the espresso area that you are trying to fill one portafilter (1or 2 shots.)