An apparatus includes a body, a removable first container for water for positioning on the body, a boiler within the body receives water from the first container, a heater adjacent to the boiler heats the water in accordance with at least one preparation parameter. The apparatus further includes a removable second container that is a combination milk carafe and boiler for positioning on the body and a separate heater adjacent to the milk carafe and boiler for heating the milk in accordance with at least one preparation parameter. A filter and a dispensing valve are controlled electronically. An interface and display for entering brewing parameters and a microcomputer for the controlling the apparatus.

The portable bottle infuser has a top housing, a top cap, a bottom plate, a bottom housing, a cup, and a bottom cap. The top housing and bottom housing are both cylindrical shaped chambers that form one bottle. The top housing has a valve plate and a means for connecting to the top cap and bottom housing. The top cap fits along the top housing. The bottom plate engages with the valve plate to control the flow of liquid within the bottle. The bottom housing has a bottom internal lip, a screen housing, and a means for connecting to the bottom cap and the top housing. The bottom housing is designed to hold coffee grounds and tea leaves for infusing or steeping with a hot liquid stored within the top housing.

Disclosed is a beverage brewing apparatus, which has a relatively simple configuration and structure to control an outlet to be opened and closed, is convenient to clean, and allows a user to check the amount of beverage in a cup for holding an extracted beverage even when the cup is opaque.

A beverage brewer includes a pump assembly, a flow channel, and a brewing material holder assembly. The pump assembly has an inlet port and is operable to provide negative fluid pressure at the inlet port. The flow channel is arranged for fluid communication with the intake port of the pump assembly. The brewing material holder assembly is configured to hold ground brewing material and is arranged to receive and provide fluid through the flow channel. The pump assembly is configured to draw liquid through the flow channel into the brewing material holder assembly when actuated, thereby brewing a beverage in the brewing material holder assembly when the brewing material holder assembly holds ground brewing material. The flow 10 channel is arranged to receive the liquid from the brewing material holder assembly when the pump assembly is de-actuated.

A coffee and beverage pod includes a body having an interior volume for receiving a beverage ingredient. The coffee and beverage pod is selectively configurable in a low-pressure brewing mode and a high-pressure brewing mode. In the low-pressure brewing mode, a first pressure is necessary to allow for the flow of liquid from the interior volume out of an outlet in the body, and in the high-pressure brewing mode, a second pressure within the interior volume is necessary to allow for the flow of liquid from the interior volume out of the outlet, the second pressure being greater than the first pressure.