What an amazing machine! I’m going to want one for the cafe we open up someday 😉

This is an automatic version of the manual method I used to brew tea in 80 seconds for a takeaway. However, I think it is patently obvious that its coffee extraction is going to be more in line with what is acceptable in America – percolator/drip filter than what is generally acceptable elsewhere (stem espresso extraction). The idiots also think their market is in helping Asia discover coffee, when it’s clearly in making tea, particularly for the western world.
The device would be perfect if one has an in-house range of tea and wanted to open a chain of stores, particularly in time-critical locations, such as railway stations or at events where massive queues are common

That is exactly what I see this device for. There is also the beauty factor – the guy may be an engineer, but he clearly also has an artistic side to him. The crucibles, as he calls them make for a very elegant and visual display.

On the business side of things, if one ever thinks of opening a tea cafe anywhere in America, one has to think about what it might mean to own a cafe like that in a Starbucks world. Sbux is designed for the on the go person, having a cafe means you have to do it entirely differently (but why? They’ve proven their model works) – or match some levels of their service, but tweak it to differentiate. A machine like this, or perhaps two or three of them would make a fantastic centerpiece to tea prep in a cafe. It offers visual elegance to customer, automation for the employee and speed for both. The fact that you can brew up a different drink in every crucible is awesome. When I did a review of commercial tea machines last year, I found nothing like this – meaning that every tea would need to be brewed in a cup or mug for the customer, leaving some of the brewing work up to the customer. Bottom line, if this machine does everything that the guy says it does, then he his clearly setting himself up to become very rich because his machine allows for assembly line production of drinks in a manner that allows for individual and custom preparation (all wrapped up in a beautiful package).

I really think a machine like this will be to commercial tea service industry what the Breville tea-maker is to brewing tea at home. If I had the money, I would have called this guy yesterday and not only placed an order, but also would have asked to see his financial statements to investigate an investment (provided that the machine is everything he says it is).

Funny and quite steampunk.