adamsappel Posted January 4, 2004 Report Share Posted January 4, 2004 This is a dumb question, I know, but I can't seem to find the answer elsewhere. I'm having some trouble brewing coffee. I have a recipe for a special coffee-maker that calls for one pound of coffee. The trouble is, coffee isn't sold by the pound anymore, at least not in cans. (This appears to be a subtle form of inflation I don't see mentioned. We're paying a higher price for a product that is packaged in the same-sized can it's always been, but the amount inside has decreased. I have several cans, each the same size, and they have different amounts on the label.) I know that a pound of dry weight isn't the same as two measured cups, so how many measured cups of dry coffee are equal to a pound? Thanks, if anyone can help. If not, I plan to grind a half-pound of coffee at the supermarket and use that amount as a measuring cup in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamsappel Posted January 4, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2004 I did just find a reference on the Internet to a pound of regular-grind coffee being the same as five measured cups, but that seemed way too much to me. However, I have measured out two cups and it does fill a twelve-ounce can pretty much halfway, so maybe that is right. Can anyone confirm? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyN Posted January 4, 2004 Report Share Posted January 4, 2004 Dunkin Donuts sells coffee by the pound still . go there and look at the bag and see what i says :-) capt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baiter Posted January 5, 2004 Report Share Posted January 5, 2004 It sounds like your trying to measure a solid using a liquid measuring device. :shock: You could fill your 12oz soda can with gold and it would weigh a lot more then a pound. I have no idea what the answer to your original question is, just be careful not to confuse a FL. OZ. with an OZ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamsappel Posted January 5, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2004 Originally posted by Baiter@Jan 4 2004, 10:50 PM It sounds like your trying to measure a solid using a liquid measuring device. Exactly. Since I don't have a small scale (haven't had one since college when I used to, ahem, mail a lot of letters), I need to know how many dry, measured cups of ground coffee are in a pound-weight. The only reference I could find said "five." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbert Posted January 5, 2004 Report Share Posted January 5, 2004 http://www.cockeyed.com/inside/coffee/coffee.html appears to have the answer. It's one man's quest to work out how much coffee is produced by a can etc, and it has a whole bunch of numbers, including your answers, I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamsappel Posted January 5, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2004 First we divided up the can into cups & discovered that each pound was about 5.43 measuring cups of ground coffee. Yes! Thanks, Brian. That site combines two evils: fervent imagination and idle hands. How did you come by that one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chatakinns Posted January 5, 2004 Report Share Posted January 5, 2004 Originally posted by adamsappel@Jan 5 2004, 01:10 AM Yes! Thanks, Brian. That site combines two evils: fervent imagination and idle hands. How did you come by that one? I think you answered your own question with that statement. :green: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whooter Posted January 5, 2004 Report Share Posted January 5, 2004 And finally, if you order some complex bullshit like a double-tall, half-caff, skim Mochachino with light foam & two ice-cubes, you are 50% more likely to have someone spit in your drink. :lmfao: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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