Hamilton Beach 12-Cup Drip Coffee Maker Machine with Glass Coffee Pot, Cafetera, Black

Pleased with this coffee maker, fast, hot, and if I pour 6 cups of water in it, 6 cups of coffee comes out. Water isn't wasted streaming away. Very pleased.

That's right, Charles. This coffee making machine really does 12 cups. So? Many more machines are 12 cup. O No they aren't. Manufacturers openly lie to us about capacities of coffee pots %26 cups. The U.S. Bureau of Standards long ago established precise units of measure. The volume contained in one cup = 8 fl. oz., not 5 or 6 oz. One gallon = 128 fl. oz. Similarly, one pound = 16 oz. When a carafe is graduated with cup markings, they SHOULD, but almost NEVER are the stated quantities. Never have I seen coffee pot capacity correctly marked since the early days of Mr Coffee. Percolators %26 drip machines are still correctly marked. That is, UNTIL NOW. Finally, a correctly marked capacity %26 I have one. Yes, I do. For decades, I kept a spare machine, so I have only to unpack %26 swap machines when tragedy strikes. This time, machines were mixed with junk for wannabe coffee drinkers. You know who you are, k-cuppers. While I usually drink only 3 or 4 cups, I am vigilant in pursuit of Truth. When this machine arrived, I measured the capacity of the pot. Yes, boys %26 girls, it holds 12 cups, as advertised. That, folks = 96 fl. oz. My newest mug holds only 12 oz., not the pint (16 oz) of the Bubba Mug to which I am accustomed. I probably won't have withdrawals, if my Stanley Thermos is full.