Coffee Pot Numbers, WTF?
Making some coffee the other morning, one question came to me. What do those numbers on the side of the coffee pot measure?
First you’d think it was servings. So, I did some 5th grade math, since I was slowly educated in Maryland. I filled the coffee pot up to the “4 line”, that’s 2 cups. I figured out a coffee mug filled, with room for cream & sugar fits 1 cup. Meaning, 2 cups = 2 servers. But why is there a fucking 4 on the side? It’s not 4 cups, it’s not four servings? Is it a ratio of scoops of coffee grinds to amount of water? If that’s the case, whats a proper coffee scope? Is it a measured amount? Is i just a spoon full? Those plastic spoons at work are smaller than normal metal spoons in your kitchen.
I’ve searched the Internet for an answer. I didn’t find one. Of the 1,340,000 web sites that were returned from my search, there was only one other person confused about the numbers. He/she wasn’t provided a solid answer. And yes, I check all 1,340,000 web sites. And no, he/she wasn’t a shemale, I just couldn’t tell the gender of the other inquisitive poster.
Did the off brand big-box-store coffee maker company just slap some arbitrary numbering system on the side of their pots to screw with us? Was it “two bits” for a “mug” of “muddy water” back in “olden times”? It’s a mystery that’ll take two chicks, a dog and a sweet van to solve.