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A coffee grinder which has several different automatic grinding capacities is connected to a coffee brewer which has several different automatic brewing capacities by a control that inhibits brewing of all but the corresponding brew capacity following grinding of a quantity of coffee. The grinder is

A coffee grinder which has several different automatic grinding capacities is connected to a coffee brewer which has several different automatic brewing capacities by a control that inhibits brewing of all but the corresponding brew capacity following grinding of a quantity of coffee. The grinder is also inhibited from grinding any more coffee until the appropriate brew cycle of the coffee brewer is started. Once the corresponding brewing cycle is selected, the coffee grinder is reset and any grinding capacity may be selected. A calibration mode for the coffee grinder and the coffee brewer is provided wherein the duration of the grinding cycle or brewing cycle, respectively, is set by manually initiating the cycle and then halting of the cycle when the appropriate capacity is reached. The duration of the cycle is then set for subsequent automatic operation.

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A method for calibrating a coffee brewer for automatic operation, comprising the steps of: determining whether a control circuit for the coffee brewer is in a calibrate mode or a normal run mode; setting said control circuit to said calibrate mode if said determining step determines that said contro

A method for calibrating a coffee brewer for automatic operation, comprising the steps of: determining whether a control circuit for the coffee brewer is in a calibrate mode or a normal run mode; setting said control circuit to said calibrate mode if said determining step determines that said control circuit is in said normal run mode; initiating a brewing operation of the coffee brewer for a predetermined quantity of water; timing a running of said brewing operation; halting said brewing operation when said predetermined quantity of water is output from the coffee brewer during said brewing operation and simultaneously halting said timing to define a time from said initiating step, said time being a calibrated brew time; and setting said control circuit to said normal run mode which automatically operates said coffee brewer for said calibrated brew time.