This is how "classic" coffee makers work. The only set apart is that this retro brewer has a modern design update.

i want one, BUt how Much is it? Is it $999.99?

Yea, there's nothing new about how it works, it just looks more modern. I have a Bodum electric vaccuum coffee pot and it makes the best coffee I've ever had.

Ironic. Kahva coffee maker doesn't have a handle. :) (Kahva = handle in Finnish)

I have this one at home from Black and Decker. Seems to be similar principle.

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Unfortunately I found it hard to find, it may even be out of production...but brews great coffee.

I'm thinking it would burn your hand to grab the coffee maker like that. I mean, I sure don't grab a freshly brewed pot of regular coffee by the glass.

Then again, maybe I'm just a pussy.

Wow, a coffee syphon. Antiquemodo!

Good ones make great coffee.. this one has to be inferior, the coffee is touching metal. Get a nice Hario or bodum santos or Cona or something, with a glass rod filter so it's just glass, water, and coffee.

Great coffee, comparable in quality to a good french press (but very different in texture and flavor!), and they've been used for a very, very, very long time. Plus they're geeky cool like a science experiment.

Lots available on SweetMarias, which pretty much any coffee geek knows about: [www.sweetmarias.com]

My favorite is the Hario Nouveau, but you can't get it anymore, at least not easily:
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There is absolutely nothing in common between this and an espresso maker though, aside from them both using some sort of coffee and some sort of h2o. The whole point of a vacuum brewer is to have the ideal temperature to make coffee -- just below boiling. The bits that do boil push the cooler water up, the bit of remaining water that stays at the bottom boiling never touches the grounds, it just stays there helping agitate them with additional steam (you leave the coffee slurry agitating for a couple of minutes at least, much like with a french press). An espresso maker uses boiling water under high pressure, forcing it through coffee grounds in moments, basically cooking them as it extracts the coffee.

They're both good drinks, but espresso and coffee aren't the same thing; neither are espresso makers and coffee makers. :)

But good post, even if it's hardly a new tech... even fairly average grade beans (ie, grocery 'gourmet' coffee as opposed to Folgers cans) will taste noticably better when prepared properly. Maybe this will get a few more people to ditch the drip.

Hey, this is just like the Bodum Santos (stovetop unit, all glass) I used more than a decade ago. Starbucks sold an elevtric version made of plastic a while ago if I recall correctly. Only new thing is the induction heat. And the lack of a handle, which I presume works because the carafe is insulated.

Oliver

Damn. Big long post and I think NoScript ate it.

In brief -- this is not even remotely a new concept, has nothing to do with espresso, probably makes better coffee than your Mr. Coffee but nothing on an all-glass syphon, which you can get at lots of places, including antique stores. Sweet Maria's is the one most coffee geeks are probably familiar with, and they have a good selection:

[www.sweetmarias.com]

My fave is the Hario Nouveau, but it's really hard to find anymore.
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@jetexas: No, I am totally with you. I was interested until I got to the step of in the instructions telling me to grab the thing that was just boiling on the stove with my hands.

I will be sticking with my french press for snooty coffee, thank you very much.

Antiquemodo is dead-on, this is just another electric vacuum pot.

Not true about the coffee touching metal. As long as it's stainless steel, it's ok. My parents had a stove-top vacuum pot that was stainless steel, even the filter. I've never had coffee that good again.

@Narual: NO it made it through, god comment too. Followed the links to a couple devices I have never seen before and I am an official coffee addict!

Ahh, I want this, where do I buy one!

@Narual: Made it, and good thing. I will be seeking out one of these vacuum pots, although I'm loving my new Bodum Young that only cost me $18 at Target.

Silex!

stick a handle on the thing and I'd buy one

DID U KNOW: "Kahwa" is a traditional coffee that originated in Kashmir,North India.....

This coffee maker looks classy, does not take up much space and seems not to require much maintenance. I'm putting this on my wish list.

Kahve (actually "kahve") also means coffee in Turkish.

And just to add to Narual's coffee-making wisdom. A moka pot isn't an espresso maker either - as the article implies. It doesn't create nearly the same pressure as an espresso machine.

"Induction-powered?" Very cool. Unfortunately, I bet it's going to cost a lot. Hopefully it comes in under the $20 K Blue Bottle paid for their 5 station hallogen powered setup (the numbers on that are a bit exagerated though).