Patent ID: 8490540

Claim:
A programmable brewer including a beverage brewing apparatus for use for brewing the type of brewed beverages including coffee, tea, hot chocolate, or other type beverages, said brewing apparatus incorporating a housing, said housing having a water heating tank, a base, said housing integrated into the back of the base for providing support, said base designed for supporting a decanter or beaker for a beverage brewing cycle, a cover, said cover attached to the top of the housing, and said cover cantilevered forwardly therefrom, a brew basket provided upon said cover, a spray head integrated into the forward portion of the housing cover, and fluid flow lines provided for delivering water from the housing and said heating tank to the sprayhead for delivery of a select quantity of a predetermined temperature of water during the performance of a brewing cycle; a computer means operatively associated with the brewer, said computer means provided for establishing a variety of brew parameters for the brewer during a brewing cycle, said computer means provided for calibrating a amount of heated water delivered through the sprayhead during a cycle, said computer means provided for calibrating the range of temperature of the water heated within the water tank for delivery through the sprayhead during a brewing cycle, said computer means provided for inputting of the myriad of brewing parameters for the beverage to be brewed, said computer means provided for controlling of the brewing parameters, said brewing parameters displayed, on the front of the housing cover, a control panel assembly provided within the brewer an operatively associated with the computer means and storing the myriad of brewing parameters inputted into the brewer from the computer means, at least one button provided upon the brewer for selecting the type of beverage to be brewed, and at least another button provided upon the brewer for actuation when a brew cycle has been selected, and is to be initiated by a user.