Why does coffee spill everywhere when I pour a cup?!
Answers: I have a small 4-cup drip coffeemaker with a glass carafe. It makes a good-tasting cup of coffee and it's simple to use first thing in the morning. But it frustrates the heck out of me when I wind up spilling coffee all over my counter (or my foot-- ouch!) when I go to pour that first cup. No matter how carefully I pour, it seems that part of the coffee IS going to end up on the floor or the counter or in the sink if I've had the forethought to pour my cup there. This seems to be a common problem with the typical "Mr. Coffee" type of coffee maker. Pouring very slowly doesn't seem to help. It's like the pour stream goes "off track", or the coffee follows the lip of the pot, runs under the spout, and then goes every which way. Regardless, I can see that the coffee doesn't pour smoothly. So why does it happen and how can I avoid the spills and wasted coffee?
I believe it is because of the crappy design of the carafes of all drip coffee makers.
I have yet to encounter a drip coffeemaker intended for home use that didn't spill coffee all over the place.
In fact, the only drip coffeemakers with a decent carafe are the Bunn coffeemakers used in restaurants. They have a decent pour lip and don't spill all over hell and gone.
It is aggravating enough to make a fellow go back to a percolator!
Doc
Don't worry about all the verbage....you're a clutz
I've got a no name coffee maker & I usually spill most of the croft before I get a full cup too!
I just lift the lid on the croft, tends to help me out. My parents have a coffee maker that doesn't have one. You just put your mug under & press it against a button. The coffee is stored within the maker. No messes, no burnt coffee (bottom). It's really cool.
Can't remember the make of it, may be Black & Decker.
MAYBE U SHOULD THINK ABOUT POURING IT IN! THE CUP, NOT ON TEH FLOOR GENIUS, HONESTLY, COFFEE GOES IN CUP NOT FOOT, STUPID, U HAVE ISSUES MAN. COFFEE DOES NOT EQUAL FOOT, U SHOULD GET A MOOSE. OR A PARROT, IDK MAYBE A LLAMA, THEN DAVID COPPERFIELD CAN MAKE IT DISAPPEAR, WAIT IS HE DEAD?
Actually, it probably pretty simple.
You fill the carafe completely and use it to fill the coffee maker.
Then the coffee maker drips the water into the carafe which winds up too full.
Try putting a bit less water in the top so angle of the water as it exits the lip lets it run off the lip and not down the side.
You can experiment with this with just plain water to see high the water should be.
I bought the same one from Black & Decker. Same Problem. I returned 3 before I purchased a 1cup Machine. It's just bad design. If pouring slow doesn't help, try to lift the Lid when pouring.
I agree same happens to me thought it was just a clutzy gal thang
LOL you sound like my Grandfather, he would gripe and go crazy over spilled coffee!! Saying basically what you did, it goes everywhere. Only reason I think is that's its so dark, it shows up everywhere? Guess you can see everywhere a spilled glass of water goes.