Patent ID: 8286547

Claim:
An electrical automatic beverage brewer, comprising: a rotatably mixing chamber assembly for mixing water with a dry beverage ingredient to make beverage, said rotatable mixing chamber assembly having a rotatable mixing chamber with a closed top and an open bottom, and means for mounting the mixing chamber for rotation about a rotary axis, a brew basket for holding a filter and beverage ingredient supported by the filter outside of the mixing chamber, said brew basket having an open top releasably mounted to the open bottom of the mixing chamber and a bottom with a drain hole; an electromechanical apparatus linked to the rotatable mixing chamber for rotating the mixing chamber about the rotary axis; and a controller connected to the electromechanical apparatus and selectively, automatically energizing the electromechanical apparatus to rotate the rotatable mixing chamber while the brew basket is releasably attached between an upright position in which the closed top is above the open bottom and the releasably attached brew basket, and an upside down position in which the open bottom and the releasably attached brew basket are above the closed top.