Why is a coffee press that holds only four cups of water and makes only 3 1/2 cups of coffee called an 8 cup press? I've looked on search engines and nobody seems to know. Either people buy a press and are disappointed to find out it only holds half what is advertised, or they are well aware of the fact but won't clue anybody else in.
It makes 8 cups of coffee. 1 cup of coffee is not a measured cup
It never assumes you will use Mugs. always that you will use small coffee cups. Hence only 4 cups not 8. By the way it is a Cafetiere not a press.
As said above, it makes 8 cups of 8oz. coffee. Perhaps you are using 16oz cups and thats why youre only getting abou 4 cups out of it? In the future, if youre buying another coffee press, read the paper inserts inside, it usually says how many of what ounce cups it makes.
A 8 cup press makes 8 cups of coffee.
I'm pretty sure nobody considers 4 ounces a cup of coffee. Yes, there are people who consider 4 ounces a cup of coffee. Some of them are the people who make coffee presses at Bodum. The European standard is technically 125 mL for a cup of coffee, but that rounds to 4 ounces (118 mL) using American measurements. I have a 4-cup press that holds 16 ounces of water, so they're consistent about the 4-ounce cup. Also, that coffee scoop that came with the press? It's also sized for a 4-ounce cup.
