A method of preparing a brewed beverage using a beverage brewing apparatus includes providing a flavorant, identifying a process cycle including one or more infusion cycles for preparing the brewed beverage, performing said one or more infusion cycles, wherein said performing of said one or more infusion cycles includes providing fluid to said flavorant, and varying a temperature of said fluid provided to said flavorant during a single infusion cycle of said one or more infusion cycles, or between a plurality of infusion cycles of said one or more infusion cycles.

A hand brew coffee filter with adjustable extraction time includes a container body, a regulating rod, a guiding member, a supporting member, a filter screen, and a base. One end of the regulating rod is inserted through and coupled with the guiding member. The supporting member is mounted around the connecting section at the other end of the regulating rod. The filter screen is mounted around the connecting section and sits on the supporting member. The resulting regulating rod assembly is placed in the container body, before one end of the container body is put in the base to complete the coffee filter. The abutting surfaces between the container body and the guiding member and between the container body and the filter screen have absolute circularity and the same taper value so that the retention time of hot water in the coffee filter can be controlled through gap adjustment.

A beverage brewer includes a container, a container collar, a brewing material holder, a mesh element, and a drive assembly. The container has an open top, a closed sidewall, and a closed bottom. The container collar is configured to cover a rim of the open top. The brewing material holder is configured to hold brewing material and to be suspended from the container collar and into an interior of the container. The brewing material holder includes a sidewall having an opening, an open top, and a bottom. The mesh element covers the opening in the sidewall of the brewing material holder. The drive assembly is positionable on the container collar and is configured to be mechanically coupled to and rotate the brewing material holder.

An apparatus facilitating brewing of beverages in a container. The apparatus includes an apparatus container comprising a base cap and a side wall. The side wall defines an interior space. A bottom end of the side wall defines a bottom opening of the apparatus container. The base cap transitions the bottom opening between open states and a closed state. At least one portion of the side wall includes openings. The apparatus container disposed in the container with the bottom opening in the closed state brews beverages in the container. The apparatus container receives beverage ingredients in the interior space. The apparatus includes a plunger assembly coupled to a top end of the side wall, and includes a plunger handle and a plunger head. The plunger assembly moves the plunger head in the interior space based on forces applied to the plunger handle to brew the beverages.