Love this coffee maker except for one huge thing. The coffee to water ratio in the instructions is absurd. 64 grams of medium grind coffee for 40oz of brewed coffee? That makes mud with coffee and grounds spilling over the carafe. I'm a gourmet coffee drinker and brewer for over 30 years. I'm using 42g of medium grind dark roast coffee in a Melitta white basket filter designed for 8-12 cups. Perfect coffee. Every time. No spilling, no grounds past the filter. Excellent.