Whenever I make a pot bigger than 6c the coffee ground overflow into my coffee reservoir. How can I make this stop? I want to use the full 12c capacity!
59311
That happens to ours also...but my husband uses less grounds than I do & for him it's not so much of an issue.
59312
I don't have a problem with 12 cups. I do use natural paper liners because I grind my coffee and it's quite fine and strong.
59313
I have never had this problem. I use paper filters all the time and have never used the mesh filter.
59314
you may be overflowing due to too much coffee grounds in the coffee basket.also try a paper liner. and make sure that the basket is inserted evenly.
375248
Your best bet is to make a pot of coffee while you are awake and see where the problem originates. With a different model, we found that we added too many grounds and the basket would overflow. If you are in an area with hard water, be sure to run white vinegar or other hard water remover through the system. All the other answers are good too. Until you watch the process, though, you can't really find the problem to come up with a solution.
1020440
Sorry this is happening to you. I only use coarse or drip ground coffee, works faster and tastes fine. I use 2 Tb per 6 oz. cup.
1122305
My pot has only overflowed when I forgot that I still had water in it! I'll put a potful of cold water into the carafe, and then while I'm grinding the beans I'll keep hot water in the pot to rewarm it. Once, I forgot and stuck the full pot back under the filter, and boy did it overflow. I'll never do that again! But, other than that, no.
2056526
I'm not sure what you mean? If the gounds cup is in place properly, there should be no way for coffee to spill out. One warning though. If you use flavored beans, they have oils on them that cause the grounds shoot to clog up quickly. My husband did not realize the shoot was clogged and burned up my motor trying to grind through a clogged shoot.
222863
I haven't had this problem. Perhaps you are putting too much water in. As you've probably noticed, there's a fill line just below the pressure valve in the bottom reservoir, which I intuitively feel doesn't allow for enough water, but which does allow for a full pot of espresso. If you're putting in the right amount of water, then I would make sure I tighten the pot before I heat it up and use high heat to quickly force the water up through the coffee.
1565478
I put 30ml regular ground coffee in pod. Clean all grounds from sealing area . Good Luck !!
643604
I put two scoops of coffee in the filter for each cup of coffee. It pretty much fills the whole filter inside the pod. Once I put the cap on I give the bottom where the spring is a little push to compact the coffee then brew at the larger cup setting. Makes a great cup every time! Maybe it's the type of coffee or the amount you're using?
970204
Sounds like a defect....if it is coffee that is leaking out, there is a crack somewhere in the pot. If it was steam, I would suggest vegetable oiling the screwing part. Also there is the possibility you might be using too much coffee. As you put coffee in the hopper, tamp it down with the spoon after each addition and fill it just below the rim. But to be honest, it sounds like it is defective.
2172994
I use 3 heaping tablespoons for 4 cups because when I used 4 T the coffee was too strong. I suspect you pot isn't getting the water hot enough. Maybe the pot is defective. Unless you are using heaping tablespoons.
2164138
I had this happen with a difference brand. I kept filling the reservoir with water, swishing and pouring it out. I put the sprayer part under running water to hopefully back-wash it. and again filled reservoir and swished and poured out. Finally, repeatedly started running full reservoir with filter in to flush the rest of the grounds out of the tube. It worked. Good luck. Coffee makers are too expensive to just replace if you can get it going again.
314528
The Grind Control button, on the front in the middle, goes from 2 to 12, is the only way I know to change the amount of coffee. It could be accidentally knocked to a different number. That's what has happened to me when I am cleaning the chute. If that is not the problem, I'd contact Cuisinart and I hope you're still under warranty.
1048234
I suspect that you're not putting enough coffee grounds in. First, grind very fine, espresso grind (powder, as fine as you get get it). Then put 2+ heaping Tablespoons of grounds for every 6oz of water you pour through. This means, when I make a cup of coffee, normal mug, I use 4 heaping Tablespoons of grounds -- my mug comfortably holds about 12 oz of coffee with a bit of room at the top. When I make two cups, one for my wife and one for myself, I use 5 heaping Tablespoons of grounds. It nearly fills up the #2 filter, but I pour the water slowly and keep the water topped up throughout the pouring process. If you let it go down and fill again, the filter tends to get clogged and it takes *forever* for it to brew and flow through. My wife likes a slightly weaker cup of coffee, so the second cup is hers. If you are looking for strong, add more grounds. Hope that helps!
1613048
FYI, I hate wet, messy grounds. I have the basket that came with the pot but I still just push a paper coffee filter down in and press the excess paper against the sides and fold the excess at the top over the edge, place my grounds in there, close the lid and start brewing. When it is all done I just have to pull out the soggy filter and toss it. I can do this either with the permanent filter in place or not. If you can't find a permanent filter replacement, you might try that.
238901
it looks that you overfilled the the cup with ground coffee,try to have at least 3 mm clearance from the coffee grounds to the edge of the cup
751271
Paula, I don't know how. I got rid of mine about a year ago. After 2 months coffee would run out while brewing. They sent me a 2nd one for several dollars. Two months later coffee would run out during brewing. To stop coffee from running out I put a rubber band on the lever where the coffee comes out. I used that for a year and it worked fine before it started to take several partial brews to fill the pot.
1241292
It's great for no overflow! I haven't had a problem at all. However, with my last coffee pot, a Cuisinart, I kept it on a tray, to keep the overflows from running all over my counters.