# Where does my coffee go?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-my-coffee-go/660219>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 5, 2013, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-my-coffee-go/660219 "2013-06-05T16:29:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-my-coffee-go/660219/21 "2013-06-06T17:19:57Z")

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Are you measuring the water before you pour it in? Is it possible that something is stopping the water from completely flowing downwards, so when you fill it up to the 12 cup line, it slowly “settles” to the 10 cup line?

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**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-my-coffee-go/660219/22 "2013-06-06T17:23:40Z")

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An interesting hypothesis…I’ll check tonight.

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