On Wed, 07 Nov 2012 08:05:09 -0500, Jim Elbrecht
wrote in Re Coffeemaker
just steams- the fix:

I already had the bottom off, so in less than 5 minutes, I popped off
the rubber hose with the check valve in it- blew the wad of paper out
of the check valve- and reassembled.

Works perfect now.

I wonder how many pots I've tossed that could have been fixed so
easily.

Well done.