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.
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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!
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 .
Yeah, its cool. Its a plastic bladder inside a portable cardboard box. Hold like 15 cups or so of coffee.
Looks like this.
Thank you to everyone who replied!! That coffee box reminds me of the wine boxes... I call them chateau d'mylar ;-)
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