What am I missing here, are you guys storing with the grounds inside all week? I see many reviews here stating that they use the concentrate all week long, but after pressing down your grounds are at the bottom... so are you pouring the coffee into a separate container after brewing or are you leaving the grounds in all week? I'm concerned if I leave them in the coffee will get super concentrated and bitter? Also, I see many reviewers saying to only use 12 scoops of course ground.. but my box says to use double what I would normally use for hot, so instead of 12 I used 24 scoops for a full pot, hopefully that just means I'll have an extra strong concentrate and will mix with more water. Love any feedback/responses on how you're handling the coffee after it's done brewing overnight! What am I missing here, are you guys storing with the grounds inside all week? I see many reviews here stating that they use the concentrate all week long, but after pressing down your grounds are... » Read More What am I missing here, are you guys storing with the grounds inside all week? I see many reviews here stating that they use the concentrate all week long, but after pressing down your grounds are at the bottom... so are you pouring the coffee into a separate container after brewing or are you leaving the grounds in all week? I'm concerned if I leave them in the coffee will get super concentrated and bitter? Also, I see many reviewers saying to only use 12 scoops of course ground.. but my box says to use double what I would normally use for hot, so instead of 12 I used 24 scoops for a full pot, hopefully that just means I'll have an extra strong concentrate and will mix with more water. Love any feedback/responses on how you're handling the coffee after it's done brewing overnight! « Show Less
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Once you press it, pour the coffee out onto another container. Leave it in there for more than 12 hours and it will develop off flavors. That being said, if you have good quality beans you could re-brew for a second run using more water. Just remember to take the filter apart and clean it profusely between every press.
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I pour mine into a separate container after pressing. Then I clean out the press and start another one. The wife and I drink a lot of coffee so it doesn't last long for the two of us. I bought a glass pitcher with a sealable lid here on Amazon for storing the concentrate. 24 scoops sounds like way too much to me. I guess it depends on how much water you add to the cup to dilute it. I use 8-12 and don't dilute it much depending on how each batch tastes.
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Press down the grounds after brewing overnight. They won't be swimming around in the coffee because they will be pressed to the bottom and trapped under the filter. As for using 24 scoops, that sounds extremely strong to me; however, you will need to experiment until you fin the perfect taste for yourself. I found 15-16 scoops to be perfect and i like my brew on the stronger side, yet not overwhelmingly so. Hope this helps & I'm sorry no one else has bothered to take 2 minutes to respond.
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I agree!! I wanna buy one of these but have NO CLUE how to use the thing. I love coffee from my drip maker. I just think they look good and have heard they make better coffee. I'm also wondering if this would suit my coffee drinking habits. I get up, make 4 cups of coffee in my drip maker and drink it over a period of 2 hours. Then in the evening I make 4 more cups and drink it for 2 hours. If you make this coffee on a stove top, does it stay warm after being done for a couple of hours or no? I'm sure the electric ones would but with those you chance them going bad and not working plus I've heard they are harder to clean. Also, do I need paper filters with these? I agree!! I wanna buy one of these but have NO CLUE how to use the thing. I love coffee from my drip maker. I just think they look good and have heard they make better coffee. I'm also wondering if this would suit my coffee drinking habits. I get up, make 4 cups of coffee in my drip maker and drink it over a period of 2 hours. Then in the evening I make 4 more cups and drink it for 2 hours. If you make this coffee on a stove top, does it stay warm after being done for a couple of hours or no? I'm sure the electric ones would but with those you chance them going bad and not working plus I've... » Read More I agree!! I wanna buy one of these but have NO CLUE how to use the thing. I love coffee from my drip maker. I just think they look good and have heard they make better coffee. I'm also wondering if this would suit my coffee drinking habits. I get up, make 4 cups of coffee in my drip maker and drink it over a period of 2 hours. Then in the evening I make 4 more cups and drink it for 2 hours. If you make this coffee on a stove top, does it stay warm after being done for a couple of hours or no? I'm sure the electric ones would but with those you chance them going bad and not working plus I've heard they are harder to clean. Also, do I need paper filters with these? « Show Less
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the grounds fall directly into the open kcup. Don't fill past the line. Close the lid and use like a regular kcup. To be honest, it works absolutely perfectly. I have NEVER had grounds in my coffee and I would buy it over again. The only really minor downside is that the grinder doesn't know when the level is correct, it only uses a timer.so you may get some extra grounds on the actual grinder base. Its no biggy. Just brush it off. Very very happy with it.
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I do that all the time - I like it stong so I pack it pretty good and put half the water and make two double espressos - just as often, when I am making a double just for me,I simply use less coffee and 1/4 or 1/3rd water - you must experiment to get what u like. They tell you not to "pack" or tamp the coffee down but I do anyway - hahaha.
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Not sure what kind of coffee grounds you are using, but I have not had this happen. I have used both sides of this coffee machine and have been trilled with it. My son was home this weekend and it made wonder Folgers Standard ground coffee by the 12 cups. Felt like the commercial :) You could cut down a coffee filter I guess on your screen one cup side to prevent your small grounds from getting into your cup? Never had that first problem with this Hamilton Beach---we love it!
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I think you can either fill the top with beans (about 1/2 lb.) or toss them in just before the grind, I keep mine full. Either way, there's a bit of grind still in the unit, but that shouldn't be an issue because of the relative amount to new coffee, as well as the fact that unless it sits for an extended period, there isn't enough air and time to seriously degrade the next cup.
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My daughters use theirs all the time and they said it doesn't get too strong for them. They both like strong coffee and use cream in the bodum at the same time. They push the screen down after about 10-15 minutes and the coffee doesn't seem to get stronger or bitter after that. We use Starbucks french roast coffee beans so the brand and roast might make a difference. My daughters have used their bodums at work and say that after a 10 hour shift its not hot any more but its not bitter or too strong. Hope this helps!
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Dark roast and oily beans will leave quite a lot of grounds up under the top burr, medium or light roasts leave much less. I routinely remove the top burr and brush it off with every use as well as give the bottom burrs a brushing to keep things clean and send all of that particular grind into the chute. At least once a week (I use the machine several times a day) I use a hand vac with a micro-brush attachment to remove any grounds from the burrs, chute, and various slots and places I can't see. A lot of the negative reviews seem to be critical of this machine's tendency to retain grounds and need for every-use cleaning - this would seem to be accurate. I don't find it an issue since I imagine I would brush/clean out any coffee grinder after each use anyway.
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The best way I can explain is to use your best judgement. I go by the color, meaning how dark it is or how strong you like your coffee. Also, after it starts to perk, I might let it go for about 10 minutes or so, on a low simmer, but still percolating, not hard because you will get more grounds in your coffee. I like to use a filter to help with less grounds. After a few uses, you should find the right limit. In my opinion, this makes the best coffee compared to any electric coffee maker, it just takes longer, but worth the wait. I really hope this helps!!!!!
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It makes a very strong "coffee concentrate" that you can either drink straight (similar to espresso) or dilute with more hot water after brewing. I've found the #2 setting on the maker diluted 100% (adding an equal amount of hot water to the concentrate after brewing) is about 8-10 Oz of good strong coffee. I also drink it straight. If you need a lot of coffee, two #4 presses with 3 scoops of coffee in each followed by 100% dilution again just about fills a standard coffee pot / carafe. Hope this helps.
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I have a 2 cup and a larger 34 ounce press. Presses, even with the course grind, produce silt. I don't mind in small production, but with the larger press, I have put the coffee through a Chemex filter. The coffee was good, but it was a lot of trouble. I am not just making coffee for myself. I now use a Technivorm. If it were just myself, I would be using the small press.
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This is a percolator-type coffee pot (and as an aside, the 1-cup per minute advertised rate is pretty close), and as such heats water until it is hot enough to 'perk' up the tube and then condense and drip over the ground coffee which you previously placed within the basket at the top of the unit. This water, after passing through the ground coffee returns to the lower part of the container and mixes with the water there and is "re-perked" (if you will). As such, the longer the coffee 'perks', the stronger the coffee. So, the short of it is: Yes, you CAN take the coffee out anytime during the perk cycle, but the sooner you do this before the coffee is "done", the weaker the coffee that you put into your cup will be. If you were to do this near the end of the normal cycle, I doubt that you would taste the difference. If you do this 15 minutes into a 110 minute cycle, you will have little more than lightly colored hot water in your cup. No other damage, though...
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It is just like any other French press.. use the amount of coffee proportioned to the amount of coffee you want to brew, and brew normally. Half the water, half the coffee, everyhing else remains the same. It will taste identical to what you brew when making a full pot. I do this all the time and that is why I only have and use the 1.5 litre pots. I can make a lot, or a little, as the need dictates.
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Thank you for the advice! I've tested 2 of the included samples using 9-10oz and using the pulse button and it's not to bad... like I said I'm pretty bland when it comes to my coffee :) I bet a 12gram pod and maybe using pulse will be perfect! There aren't any reusable pods yet for this machine that would let me use my own ground coffee are there?
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No it does not; I base my amounts on timing and volume from experience; if I grind too much, I put the remaining ground coffee in a container in the freezer after I measure out the coffee into my coffee maker and then use the ground coffee within a day (I store my beans in the freezer). Over the last 30 years I have had about 4 coffee grinders and at least one had settings; however, these settings are not accurate depending upon the size of the bean, how packed the hopper is, how often the grinding wheels are cleaned (buildup of coffee oils can slow grinding down), etc. so I don't rely on settings for bean grinding. No it does not; I base my amounts on timing and volume from experience; if I grind too much, I put the remaining ground coffee in a container in the freezer after I measure out the coffee into my coffee maker and then use the ground coffee within a day (I store my beans in the freezer). Over the last 30 years I have had about 4 coffee grinders and at least one had settings; however, these settings are not accurate depending upon the size of the bean, how packed the hopper is, how often the grinding wheels are cleaned (buildup of coffee oils can slow grinding down), etc. so I don't rely on... » Read More No it does not; I base my amounts on timing and volume from experience; if I grind too much, I put the remaining ground coffee in a container in the freezer after I measure out the coffee into my coffee maker and then use the ground coffee within a day (I store my beans in the freezer). Over the last 30 years I have had about 4 coffee grinders and at least one had settings; however, these settings are not accurate depending upon the size of the bean, how packed the hopper is, how often the grinding wheels are cleaned (buildup of coffee oils can slow grinding down), etc. so I don't rely on settings for bean grinding. « Show Less
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Catherine, I had this same question when reviewing owners questions and answers on Amazon's site. All the reviews seemed to be talking about grinding their own beans, but I looked the coffee maker over real good and it looked to me that I could use already ground coffee from a can or a pouch. I bought it and sure enough it handles ground coffee just like any other coffee maker. Enjoy, it's working great. (The lighted clock "is" really bright but no bother to me. Hey ! It's in the kitchen not in the bedroom! LOL
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I put the coffee in the filter (I use enough for 3 cups of coffee) and then put the filter in the pot. Slowly add water into the filter to wet the grounds, swirling the pot a bit. Add more water slowly until the water level is at the top of the white screen of the filter. The grounds will float for a while but then sink as the coffee brews. Put the top on so pouring is blocked (the teeth-y part of the top facing backwards) and refrigerate overnight or for about 6 hours for full flavor. Take the filter out, pour, and enjoy.