Patent ID: 8534186

Claim:
Apparatus for brewing a beverage from an infusible material and a liquid during a brewing interval, said apparatus comprising: A) beverage container means for containing the liquid including means for pouring the beverage therefrom, B) base means for detachably supporting said beverage container means during the brewing interval, said beverage container means being removable from said base means for pouring brewed beverage therefrom, C) infuser basket means for containing the infusible material, D) heater means in said beverage container means for heating the liquid in said beverage container means to a brewing temperature, and E) electro-mechanical positioning means attached to said infuser basket means and responsive to the liquid reaching the brewing temperature for controlling the submerging of said infuser basket means in the liquid for the brewing interval and for controlling the removal of said infuser basket means to an emerged location from the liquid upon completion of the brewing interval, said beverage container means including handle means for lifting said beverage container means to pour brewed beverage therefrom, said handle means supporting a portion of said electro-mechanical positioning means.