Making a very hot cup of coffee

[Edwin Pawlowski]

"Mortimer Schnerd, RN"

I hate it when people post things like that. Now you got me curious and I had to check to see what my server carries. We have 17 groups with coffee in the name.

[Jim Elbrecht]

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[Mike Hartigan]

Hopefully, you've not been discouraged by all the non-answers to your question and you're still here. Assuming that to be true, I can make a couple of broad generalizations.

First, feel free to 'warm up' your carafe with anything you want.

190F should be fine. That should help.

Secondly, with most coffeemakers (I'm assuming that this holds true for yours), the physics of pumping the water from the reservoir to the coffee relies on heat. Typically, the water is heated in a small chamber (for lack of a better word) until it reaches a sufficient temperature that forces it up a tube/pipe and into the coffee filter. This is similar to the process that causes the water in a percolator to rise. In your drip maker, cold water enters the chamber as hot water is forced out. This continues until the reservoir is empty, at which point, it shuts off. If you fill the reservoir with hot water, it's likely that the process will occur faster, but the resulting temperature will be the same, since you wouldn't be changing the physics involved.

Given that the process appears to be work> I am trying to have 2 questions answered before I need the repair. Please pardon,

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[Mikey S.]

I have the same pot, mine makes a great cup of coffee with the freshly ground beans.

You can pour 212F boiling water into the carafe to preheat it, that works great... so your 190F water should be just fine too. Make sure you give the hot water a minute or two to really heat up that carafe before you pour it out.

I would not use hot water to brew the coffee, I would use nothing but cold in the tank..the secret with this machine is to really preheat that carafe..

[willshak]

On 1/14/2005 9:20 AM US(ET), Mike Hartigan took fingers to keys, and typed the following:

I would not fill the reservoir with hot water unless it was designed to be able to handle hot water, which would be stated in the user documentation. If the reservoir parts are plastic (as most are) and are not heat resistant, then the container, or any valves, gaskets, tubing, or other parts between the reservoir and heater element could prematurely warp, loosen, or fail.

my question, if

phone for a week,

Thermal Carafe, model

water in the coffee

maker.

degrees. Can I use

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[Philip Lewis]

not a given.

If i recall correctly, I looked at this pot when we got sick or replacing broken glass carafes and one of the biggest complaints for this maker was cold coffee.

toss the filled cup in the microwave for a bit to heat it.

[Lawrence M. Seldin, CMC, CPC]

Mike,

One thing that continues to amaze me about newsgroups, is that if I ask a question, I am obviously, looking for an answer, However, the concept that I have, is "if you don't know the answer" then you don't "need to reply", otherwise, any helpful information is very appreciated. In addition, some readers (I don't think, look at the entire message", because for myself, being an avid newsgroup reader, I have learned to put in as much "info on what I have done" before asking the newsgroup questions.

In addition, for some reason, there are sometimes a few people, who respond in a nasty way. I don't know why.

Anyway, your info, and that of the other very nice people on this group, got me thinking.

So here is what I did. I created an experiment. I have bought coffee beans to grind and make coffee. However, since I was just looking for ways to make the temperature to be as hot as possible, I created a test.

Using only water, here are the tests that validated your response.

1st Experiment:

I put cold water into the Coffee Resovoir and just ran the Coffee maker without coffee. Water tasted cold.

2nd Experiment:

I then put cold water into the Coffee Resovoir and rinsed out Caraffe with 190 degree hot water. Water tasted passibly hot.

3rd Experiment:

I put cold water into the Coffee Resovoir and just ran the Coffee maker without coffee. I put 190 degree water into Caraffe and let stand for 3 minutes. Water tasted somewhat hotter.

4th Experiement:

I then put hot water from faucet into Coffee Resovoir and just ran the Coffee maker without coffee. I put 190 degree water into Caraffe and let stand for 3 minutes. Water tasted somewhat hotter.

Note: on th Experiment with placing hot water into Coffee Resovoir, Coffe maker, finished cycle much quicker, like you stated.

5th Experiment:

I put cold water into the Coffee Resovoir and just ran the Coffee maker without coffee. I put 190 degree water into Caraffe and let stand for 20 minutes. Water tasted a little colder.

So in conclusion, I will use Cold water to put in Coffee Resovoir and use 190 degree water into Carafe and let stand a few minutes.

I would like to thank all of the people who responsed with feedback.

Much appreciated.

Lawrence M. Seldin, CMC, CPC Author of POWER TIPS FOR THE APPLE NEWTON and INTRODUCTION TO CSP Author of RECRUITSOURCE PEOPLESOFT EXAM and RECRUITSOURCE SAP/R3 EXAM

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[Gino]

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Pour 200+ degree water through a French press, depress handle pour steaming hot cup of coffee.

I have a thermos style coffee maker sitting at the back of my sink cup board. Once you go French you never go drip again.:)

[m Ransley]

I dont know why you are playing with your coffee maker, it obviously is broke-not heating the water. Kinda obvious, yes.