HOW MANY OUNCES ARE IN A 12 CUP COFFEE POT? LEARN MORE SO YOU CAN MAKE THE PERFECT BREW

A traditional 12 cup coffee pot holds 60 fluid ounces. This is equal to approximately 5 ounces per cup.

For the perfect cup of coffee, you will use 1-2 tablespoons of ground coffee for each cup of coffee.

Things start to get somewhat complicated because pots that display cups of coffee on the carafe are not measured in the traditional 8-ounce measurement, which can be confusing.

Green Cup

You will also find some discrepancy on how many ounces are in a cup of coffee.  The majority of coffee pots measure a cup as 5 ounces, while coffee scoops are made for 6 ounces.

So what's a person to do when trying to determine how many tablespoons of ground coffee to use?

Generally speaking, for the golden ratio, it is recommended to use one traditional coffee scoop (which is roughly equal to 10 grams of coffee or 2 tablespoons) per 6 ounces of coffee.