Patent ID: 6250208
Filing Date: 2001-06-26
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
A tea brewing machine comprising a housing and at least one brewing assembly;said brewing assembly including a brewing cup and means for heating the contents of said brewing cup;said brewing cup including a filter that defines and separates a first cavity within said brewing cup for containing tea leaves and a second cavity within said brewing cup from which tea leaves are excluded;said housing has water supply means for supplying a predetermined volume of water at a temperature that is suitable for infusing tea leaves, a water supply channel for delivering said water into said first cavity of said brewing cup, and a siphon tube that has a siphoning end that extends orthogonally upward into said second cavity of said brewing cup and a downward projecting dispensing end;the arrangement being such that said tea leaves infuse as said water is supplied into said first cavity of said brewing cup, but once the level of infused tea liquor in the second cavity of said brewing cup rises above the siphoning end of the siphon tube said tea liquor siphons down the siphon tube and is dispensed from the dispensing end of the siphon tube.