An apparatus for separating an infused extract from a mixture of an infusible material and the extract, the apparatus comprising: a plunger element adapted to be inserted into an infusing container containing the mixture and having one or more substantially vertical inner walls oriented substantially parallel to a vertical axis of the container, wherein, in use, the plunger element is adapted to be moved within the container along the vertical axis thereof, wherein the plunger element comprises: a plunging means adapted, in use, to move the plunger element within the infusing container along the vertical axis thereof; a first surface substantially transverse to the vertical axis and comprising sealing means situated at one or more edges of said first surface, wherein said sealing means are adapted, in use, for sealing engagement with the one or more inner walls of the infusing container as the plunger element is moved within the container, to define, in use, a first chamber containing the mixture of infusible material and extract bounded by said first surface; a second surface extending from said first surface and, in use, defining a second chamber, said second surface comprising one or more extract flow openings, wherein said one or more extract flow openings are adapted, in use, to permit flow of extract from said first chamber into said second chamber, and wherein at least a portion of said one or more extract flow openings in said second surface are situated at a depth, wherein said depth is separated from said first surface, below said first surface along the vertical axis, characterised in that: said second surface extends substantially perpendicularly from said first surface and said one or more extract flow openings in said second surface comprising at least one filter element, wherein said at least one filter element comprises a plurality of apertures and is permeable to the extract. a plunging means adapted, in use, to move the plunger element within the infusing container along the vertical axis thereof; a first surface substantially transverse to the vertical axis and comprising sealing means situated at one or more edges of said first surface, wherein said sealing means are adapted, in use, for sealing engagement with the one or more inner walls of the infusing container as the plunger element is moved within the container, to define, in use, a first chamber containing the mixture of infusible material and extract bounded by said first surface; a second surface extending from said first surface and, in use, defining a second chamber, said second surface comprising one or more extract flow openings, wherein said one or more extract flow openings are adapted, in use, to permit flow of extract from said first chamber into said second chamber, and wherein at least a portion of said one or more extract flow openings in said second surface are situated at a depth, wherein said depth is separated from said first surface, below said first surface along the vertical axis, characterised in that: said second surface extends substantially perpendicularly from said first surface and said one or more extract flow openings in said second surface comprising at least one filter element, wherein said at least one filter element comprises a plurality of apertures and is permeable to the extract.