Yama Syphon Coffee Maker
The Yama Syphon Coffee Brewer puts a new twist on the brewing process. It uses the vacuum process to brew coffee. At first we kind of thought that it was similar to those “espresso” pots that look great but never seemed to make a great pot of espresso, have filter problems and are a pain to clean. But we found that the Yama will brew coffee similar to a decent French press, but without the residue.
It works like this: you heat up the water, this will cause evaporation and at a certain point, the top chamber (where the grounds are) will create a vacuum that sucks up all the hot water when it is at an ideal temperature. Then, when you remove it from the heat source, the infused water filters back through the coffee grounds (the cloth filter is the key to it’s success) and settles into the bottom pot where it can be drunk, drank, drinked and savored.
A reasonably inexpensive way to make great coffee…and it looks cool, too.
Good video on the why and the how of siphon brewing.
