Reverse Tea Brewer
The brief for this project was to develop an advanced method for beverage consumption for either tea or coffee, and to identify a gap in the market for an original product. This project was developed by Jake Baumann, Duyen KM Dinh (Rin) and myself. Working in a group, we each developed one concept and chose the best to develop further. Our design intent was to offer specialised tea drinkers a revised experience, prioritising ease of use, cleaning and social aspect.
Duyen KM Dinh (Rin)
The pyramid shaped brewer separates in the middle into the brewing vat and the jug. The brewing vat allows for simple cleaning, while the jug holds up to 3 cups of tea, perfect for social occasions.
Jake Bauman
Hand held tea maker with a 1-2 cup capacity. The upper chamber is filled with tea leaves and is plunged to brew. Once brewed, the upper chamber is raised to allow the tea to be poured.
Nick Frearson
Made from timber, brushed aluminium and acrylic plastic, this boiler allows up to 4 different blends of tea to be brewed separately, this concept is ideal for a social setting.
We ultimatley decided to go with Duyens design of the reverse tea maker with a two-stage brewingsystem. Tea leaves are placed into the base and hot water is poured into the top and the whole kettle is turned upside down to brew. When ready to pour, the teapot is placed right way up again and up to 1.2L of tea can be served.
During development we created dozens of foam and cardboard models, to help define the overall form, weight and capacity of the teapot. We also utilised our 3D printer to refine the Our final design is made from carefully selected materials such as borosilicate glass, Tasmanian oak, 304 stainless steel, and aluminium 2011.
