How much coffee grounds do you need to brew 100 cups?

Answer 1

Brewing coffee is always a touchy thing, because everybody likes their coffee a particular way, like everybody likes their eggs cooked differently. However, here is a standard "medium strength" method for a 100 cup percolator.

Start with a clean pot, and VERY cold, very clean water. Fill to the 100 cup line. If the water from the tap is not cold, measure a little ice into the pot to lower the temp.

Place a filter in the coffee basket. Use a commercial paper or cloth filter. Paper towels will do if none are available.

Weigh two pounds of coarse ground (drip ground) coffee into the basket. If a scale is not available, four cups (measuring cups!) will do. (The ratio is 3 ounces per 1/2 gallon.)

Allow 100 minutes brewing time for 100 cups. This means arriving 2 hours ahead of serving time to brew the coffee and set up the serving area.

Answer 2

Consider an espresso dose of around 65 milliliters times 120 people and you have 7.8 liters or about 2 gallons per serving. Now, the biggest question is what percentage of people will take that shot, what varies a lot depending upon location or race, age, gender, time and weather at the event.

Answer 3

For a typical party of 100 mixed adult/child guests lasting about 4 hours - 15-20 2 liter bottles of soda should suffice if pouring over ice, and using 16 ounce cups/ glasses filled 3/4 of the way (typical "serving")

Adjust by + or - 15% depending on crowd (lots of kids, or no alternative beverages like beer and liquor - add 15%. open bar/ strictly adult party, decrease by 15%)

If using cans, plan on 2 cans per person. I would go for a 2.5-3 can calculation myself, especially if its an outdoor event on a hot day. You might wind up with extra, but at least you won't run out.

Answer 4

A 30 cup urn takes approx 1.5 cups coffee grounds, a 100 cup urn would take approx 4.5 cups. You would have to experiment.

Answer 5

100 cups of coffee.About 25-50 Litres.

Answer 6

500 gallons,around that that much