Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I purchased this coffee maker around Christmas and was a little concerned over the prior reviews that stated it uses too much coffee. The chemist in me had to do the experiment. A standard issue coffee from Starbucks was ground to a standard medium grind for coffee makers of this type. The coffee was measured on a 1 gram precision scale according to the specification on the Starbucks coffee bag (2Tbs per 6oz cup) to make 6 cups of coffee. The coffee grinds weighed to be 54 grams. The same coffee beans from the same bag were ground in the coffee maker set to 6 cups and strong. The coffee grinds were then measured on the same scale and wouldn't you know...it was exactly 54 grams. For my coffee beans this machine on the 6 cup setting produced the following: Strong = 9 grams (2Tbs) of coffee per cup of water Medium = 8 grams (about - 1 3/4Tbs) of coffee per cup of water Mild = 7 grams (about - 1 1/2Tbs) of coffee per cup of water I can't imagine that one couldn't find a setting to their liking when you consider you have increments of 2 cups with 3 settings (strong, medium and mild) each.