Using Kitchenaid's Siphon Brewer is deliciously fun but takes work (pictures)
Priced at $250 the Kitchenaid Siphon Brewer uses vapor pressure to makes intensely flavorful pots of coffee with dramatic flair; just be prepared to clean up afterward.
Not an ordinary drip
The Siphon Brewer has two main parts, a brew unit up top and carafe below.
Keep it connected
Even though it's magnetic, it takes some fiddling to attach both parts of the Siphon Brewer together.
This base is electric
The Siphon Brewer's circular base mates with the carafe to power its electric heater.
Carafe and electric kettle
The bottom of the carafe is actually an electric heater.
Filter under glass
A metal filter separates the brew unit from the carafe.
Take a stand for caution
Balance the brew unit within its special stand when not in use.
Fill 'er up
Add your fresh coffee grounds (medium coarse) into the brew unit.
Watch the water rise
As the bottom carafe heats up, steam pressure slowly pushes water up into the brew unit and coffee grounds.
Brew baby brew
Once the water in the carafe reaches the boiling point, it rushes dramatically into the brew unit and bubbles with great vigor.
Cascade through the filter
After the bottom of the machine cools, the liquid coffee is sucked back down into the carafe in one fell swoop.
A fresh pot of rich joe
With the freshly brewed coffee solution now sitting in the carafe, only the spent grounds remain up top.
Pour, drink, repeat
Pour your self a cup of this heady, deeply flavorful java. It's quite a different animal from standard drip coffee.