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I am dying for a cup of coffee RIGHT NOW, but my coffee pot is broken. I don't have instant coffee. Yuck. Help?

Please help. Any ideas? I have a regular 12-cup Gevalia coffee maker, but I broke the glass pot. :(

Update:

I'm broke, so buying a coffee elsewhere is not an option. Wish it was, though.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    I'm not familiar with that exact coffee maker, but there is probably a spot where the glass pot pushes a button that indicates it is in place. This feature allows you to remove the pot to pour a cup before it is done (the coffee stops dripping temporarily). It should be somewhere near where the top of the pot would touch the machine.

    If you can find that spot, put some coffee in the coffee maker, put a big mug where the pot would sit, then press the sensor/button with a spoon or something. Let the coffee drip into the mug.

  • 1 decade ago

    Many a times I have boiled water on the stove, and I would put a coffee filter inside of a strainer and pour the water through. You can also get a coffee canister used for camping with a percolator to strain the coffee.

  • 1 decade ago

    Does the coffee maker have the 1-4 cup option? If so just do two cups and put your mug underneath (just make sure it is big enough for the amount of water you put in).

  • p h
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    Put a paper towel over the opening of a glass measuring cup and make a smaller amt of coffee that will fill up the measuring cup.

  • 1 decade ago

    Put some coffee in a coffee filter and twist tie it at the top to make it like a tea bag. You can make 1 cup at a time like this.

  • 1 decade ago

    Just use anything else to catch the coffee.

    A coffee cup, a glass jar, a soup pot, a mixing bowl...

  • 1 decade ago

    Make sure your mug is big enough to hold a certain amount of coffee. If you don't want to do that, go and buy a new pot or Starbuck's or some place.

  • John S
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    Cowboy coffee, boil ten cups of water in a pot big enough for twelve cups. Add appropriate amount of coffee, boil to desired desire darkness. Remove from heat and add one cup of cold water, grinds will settle to bottom. Pour carefully, enjoy!

  • X
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    I'm currently fighting a coffee addiction! LOL i've been drinking a lot of fizzy drinks, not drinks like coke but sparkling apple and pomegranate, it seems to be helping.

    Try to drink water, coffee is sosososo bad for you!

    XOXO

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    -Take a filter or paper towel if you don't have one

    -Place it in a strainer

    -Add several scoops of coffee

    -hold or rest over mug

    -pour boiled water through it

    Basically, do a homemade filter coffee.

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