Patent ID: 8701549

Claim:
A brewing apparatus comprising I. a receptacle for receiving a basket, the receptacle including a) a receptacle mouth, b) a receptacle floor connected to the receptacle mouth by one or more side walls, c) a receptacle interior between the receptacle mouth and the floor, d) a receptacle aperture in the receptacle floor, e) a siphon received within the receptacle aperture and extending into the interior of the receptacle, f) the siphon including openings at a first end within the interior of the receptacle and a second end, and II. an elevated basket not contacting the receptacle floor, including i) a basket mouth, ii) a basket floor connected to the mouth by one or more basket side walls, iii) a shroud extending through, and integral with, the basket floor, the shroud extending above and below the basket floor and enclosing at least an upper portion of the siphon wherein the shroud of the basket encloses at least 50% of the height of the siphon, the shroud extending up to 50% of the height of the basket.