Hi there....

I am having a large gathering and need to make a large amount of coffee in
one of those huge electric percolators.... not my first choice but thats all
I have....can anyone tell me the ratio of water/coffee to use for a 50 cup
perc.

Thanks

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Pat wrote:
> Hi there....
>
> I am having a large gathering and need to make a large amount of coffee in
> one of those huge electric percolators.... not my first choice but thats all
> I have....can anyone tell me the ratio of water/coffee to use for a 50 cup
> perc.
>
> Thanks
>

Go to Dunkin' Donuts, buy 2 or 3 of their "Box of Joe", pour those into the
huge percolator and use them just to keep it hot. Stand back and enjoy the
compliments on the excellent coffee.

"Dave Podolske" > wrote in message
...
>
>
> Pat wrote:
> > Hi there....
> >
> > I am having a large gathering and need to make a large amount of coffee
in
> > one of those huge electric percolators.... not my first choice but thats
all
> > I have....can anyone tell me the ratio of water/coffee to use for a 50
cup
> > perc.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
>
> Go to Dunkin' Donuts, buy 2 or 3 of their "Box of Joe", pour those into
the
> huge percolator and use them just to keep it hot. Stand back and enjoy
the
> compliments on the excellent coffee.
>



no Dunkin Donuts around here

>
> Or Starbucks, they sell their swill by the box too. Much easier.
>
> Doesn't coffee have the amount per cup on the can? I think its 1 scoop
> per cup of joe. A cup being 8 oz. So, 50 scoops for 400oz of water.
>
I have to say I never heard of a box of coffee....

As for directions on the can, I never go by those, they are so wrong... I
know how much I use here for my regular pot but I believe the more coffee
you are making the less grounds you have to use. I will check into Starbucks
box... interesting... thanks!

Pat wrote:

> Hi there....
>
> I am having a large gathering and need to make a large amount of coffee in
> one of those huge electric percolators.... not my first choice but thats
> all I have....can anyone tell me the ratio of water/coffee to use for a 50
> cup perc.

You might find this chart from the Bunn-O-Matic (major manufacturer of
commercial brewing equipment--you see there stuff almost every diner in the
US) helpful
<http://www.bunnomatic.com/pages/coffeebasics/cb4technique.html>.
>
> Thanks
>

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Pat wrote:
> >
> > Or Starbucks, they sell their swill by the box too. Much easier.
> >
> > Doesn't coffee have the amount per cup on the can? I think its 1 scoop
> > per cup of joe. A cup being 8 oz. So, 50 scoops for 400oz of water.
> >
> I have to say I never heard of a box of coffee....
>
> As for directions on the can, I never go by those, they are so wrong... I
> know how much I use here for my regular pot but I believe the more coffee
> you are making the less grounds you have to use. I will check into Starbucks
> box... interesting... thanks!

Yeah, its cool. Its a plastic bladder inside a portable cardboard box.
Hold like 15 cups or so of coffee.

Looks like this. http://asia.cnet.com/i/r/2005/gb/jul/starbucks_b.jpg

"J. Clarke" > wrote in message
...
> Pat wrote:
>
> > Hi there....
> >
> > I am having a large gathering and need to make a large amount of coffee
in
> > one of those huge electric percolators.... not my first choice but thats
> > all I have....can anyone tell me the ratio of water/coffee to use for a
50
> > cup perc.
>
> You might find this chart from the Bunn-O-Matic (major manufacturer of
> commercial brewing equipment--you see there stuff almost every diner in
the
> US) helpful
> <http://www.bunnomatic.com/pages/coffeebasics/cb4technique.html>.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
>
> --
> --John
> to email, dial "usenet" and validate
> (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)

Thank you to everyone who replied!! That coffee box reminds me of the wine
boxes... I call them chateau d'mylar ;-)