----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Gallagher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, 2004-04-03 22:59
Subject: [USMA:29420] Re: Tim
Hortons
>
> > Maybe you can write to them and tell them how much you like
> seeing things
> > in metric, but it would be better if they could move to more
> rounder
> > numbers.
> >
> > Like 400 g instead of 369 g; 1 kg instead of 1.1 kg and 500 g
> > instead of 454 g.
>
> I don't know why they use such odd numbers. I'm sitting with
> a 1.1 kg can of Tim Hortons coffee in front of me and
> unfortunately, the directions tell you to measure
> ten level tablespoons for every 1363 mL/48 oz. of fresh
> cold water.
> > Maybe you can write to them and tell them how much you like
> seeing things
> > in metric, but it would be better if they could move to more
> rounder
> > numbers.
> >
> > Like 400 g instead of 369 g; 1 kg instead of 1.1 kg and 500 g
> > instead of 454 g.
>
> I don't know why they use such odd numbers. I'm sitting with
> a 1.1 kg can of Tim Hortons coffee in front of me and
> unfortunately, the directions tell you to measure
> ten level tablespoons for every 1363 mL/48 oz. of fresh
> cold water.
Assuming they mean a tablespoon of
15 mL, this works out to a ratio of about 1:90. That is 1 tablespoon of
grounds for every 90 mL of coffee.
I'm sure they could have
reccommended a ratio of 1:100 and still would have had the same coffee
strength. Now before someone starts telling me about recipe accuracy I'll
have you know it doesn't make much of a difference of a few scoops. We
have different people at work making coffee and some add more gounds then
others, and the coffee tastes the same no matter. The only way you can
tell is by looking in the filter to see how many grounds are
there.
A ratio of 1:100 would give you 6 -
250 mL cup servings or about 7.5 - 250 mL cup
servings.
Does anyone know the density of
coffe grounds? For instance, how many 15 mL scoopfuls does one get per
1000 g?
Euric
>
> It doesn't say anywhere on the can where it was
> manufactured, just that the label was printed in Canada.
>
> On a side note, Folger's and Maxwell House coffees
> are both sold in Canadian supermarkets in 1 kg cans.
>
> Stephen Gallagher
>
>
