Patent ID: 8887623

Claim:
A device for use in connection with a beverage brewing apparatus while brewing a beverage using a French press technique, the beverage brewing apparatus including a brewing chamber which receives a solid flavor base and liquid prior to insertion of a filter piston into the brewing chamber, the device comprising: an extraction basket insertable into said brewing chamber in a sliding manner so as to be depressed to the bottom of the brewing chamber; and a handle attached to the extraction basket which is graspable while the extraction basket is depressed to the bottom of the brewing chamber, the handle being positionable to be used for pulling the extraction basket out of the brewing chamber in a sliding manner and positionable to allow the filter piston to press the flavor base to the bottom of the extraction basket, wherein the bottom surface of the extraction basket includes one or more filtration openings which allows passage of air and the liquid, but blocks passage of the flavor base, from the extraction basket to the bottom of the brewing chamber, the extraction basket is configured so that when the extraction basket is depressed to the bottom of the brewing chamber, substantially the entire bottom surface of the extraction basket rests flat against the bottom of the brewing chamber, and the extraction basket is of sufficient depth as to hold the entirety of the flavor base used to brew the beverage.