Depends how you figure it. If you go by fluid ounces, I have two 10 oz. mugs of drip and 4-5 espressos over the course of a day. Mostly, with my Caravel, which pulls ristrettos, we're looking at 5 to 7 oz. of liquid on those days I have 5 espressos. So, 25 oz. of total coffee, if you figure the traditional 6 oz. tasse, is ~4 cups. If you figure by *$$ standard sizes, it's two cups, and if you count by the number of times I fill a cup, it's 6 or 7. I'm going with 4.