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Stacey

Joined: 18 Jul 2005
Posts: 8380
Location: Kernow

Posted: Wed Apr 25, 07 5:21 pm Post subject: All coffee pots are not created equal...

I'm in a bit of a quandary. I've made some coffee pot wraps (coffee cosies) and they fit my cafetiere. However, I was thinking - are cafetieres standardised like teapots? I know you get different sized 'cuppages' in teapots but they're all basically the same. My one is 30cm round - I've looked on Ebay etc but can't seem to find if they're standardised. Here's what I mean

They're held shut with a small strip of velcro (like the mug cosies) so if cafetieres are all different sizes (within their 'cuppages') I'm on a bit of a hiding to nothing aren't I?

toggle

Joined: 30 Dec 2006
Posts: 11622
Location: truro

Posted: Wed Apr 25, 07 5:24 pm Post subject:
Seem to get 2 sizes, the 6 cup size and the 2 cup, the size you get in a motorway service station, and everyone I've ever seen with one of those has a bodun or a clone of them, which don't seem to vary much. I've put bodun spares into a clone pot before. I think they are all the same, but the label.

Stacey

Joined: 18 Jul 2005
Posts: 8380
Location: Kernow

Posted: Wed Apr 25, 07 5:28 pm Post subject:
Would it be pushing my luck to ask Downsizers to measure their cafetieres?

sally_in_wales
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 07 5:28 pm Post subject:
We have two different makes and they are much the same size, if you position the velcro so that you can overlap a tiny smidge if needed then you should be safe

Stacey

Joined: 18 Jul 2005
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Location: Kernow

Posted: Wed Apr 25, 07 5:37 pm Post subject:
I haven't felt safe since 1975 Thanks girlies - I 'll put a slightly wider bit of velcro on and hope for the best. I hate velcro, it's so unsightly

alisjs

Joined: 23 Jun 2006
Posts: 1497
Location: Conwy

Posted: Wed Apr 25, 07 5:43 pm Post subject:
only last Sunday I was thinking I needed a coffee pot cosy! Will probably knit one eventually. Definite gap in the market! FYI, my pot measures 12cm (height of glass bit) and 10cm diameter

Barefoot Andrew
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 07 6:16 pm Post subject:
Mine measures a smidging over 10cm diameter, and a smidging over 18cm from top to bottom. A. PS Yes, but what about my cafetiere?

Stacey

Joined: 18 Jul 2005
Posts: 8380
Location: Kernow

Posted: Wed Apr 25, 07 6:22 pm Post subject:

Barefoot Andrew wrote:

Mine measures a smidging over 10cm diameter, and a smidging over 18cm from top to bottom.
A.

PS Yes, but what about my cafetiere?

10cm diameter - is that roughly 30cm circumference?

sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: North Devon

Posted: Wed Apr 25, 07 6:25 pm Post subject:

Stacey wrote:

Barefoot Andrew wrote:

Mine measures a smidging over 10cm diameter, and a smidging over 18cm from top to bottom.
A.

PS Yes, but what about my cafetiere?

10cm diameter - is that roughly 30cm circumference?

Yep. Circumference is pi x d. So 31.4159etc cm circumference.

Stacey

Joined: 18 Jul 2005
Posts: 8380
Location: Kernow

Posted: Wed Apr 25, 07 6:30 pm Post subject:
Excellent! Thank you

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 07 7:25 pm Post subject:
It's not the first time I've been asked to whip out a ruler... 9.8cm diameter (30.8 circumference), 18cm tall.

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