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Why is it that you only add 8 cups of water for 12 cups of coffee?

All of my coffee makers say 12 cups of coffee but eight cups of water is all it takes. So a cup of coffee is only 3/4 cup of water. When did this happen.
If a pound of feathers and a pound of rocks both weigh one pound, then a cup of coffee and a cup of water should be one cup. Kind of a dumb question but it does make you wonder. It’s like parking in a driveway and driving on a parkway. Just crazy.

I think it is because a “cup of coffee” is 6 oz instead of 8oz. But that is a good question that I never thought to ponder before. Since I drink Folgers Half Calf, that means that I am only getting 3 oz of caffeine per “cup”. Ain’t I healthy? But don’t ask how many ounces are in my “glass of wine”. Ha!

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