Apparatus for quick brewing of tea

摘要

A brewing apparatus is provided including a housing (2) with a water inlet channel (4), a heater (6) to heat water delivered through the channel and a water dispenser (8) within the housing for providing a spray of hot water to a brewing pot. The brewing pot is releasably attachable to the housing and includes a filter receptacle (10) positioned to receive the spray of water and outlet aperture (32) for allowing brewed tea to exit. A filter basket (12) for containing the tea leaves is lodged within the filter receptacle. The basket has a base with a wire mesh screen (44) and an integrally formed non-porous siphon shroud (48) projecting upwardly from a central area of the floor base, the shroud being closed at the top while open at the bottom. A siphoning tube (14) is lodged within the aperture of the filter receptacle and open at both ends. When nested, the siphon shroud (48) surrounds the siphoning tube (14) to create a siphon arrangement for continuously removing tea extract fluid from the filter basket. In an alternate preferred embodiment, the apparatus includes a fluted paper filter (78) with a centered aperture fitting over the siphon shroud for nesting within the filter basket. Tea leaves are placed within the paper filter instead of directly within the basket. <IMAGE>