BKON TX vacuum powered tea maker that can create the perfect brew in 60 seconds
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The art of making the perfect cup of tea has, until now, been relatively untouched by technology.
However, a US firm has unveiled what it claims is the way to make a perfect cup every time.
The only downside for tea aficionados is the price - $13,000.
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The $13,000 Bkon claims to be able to brew the perfect cup of tea in 60 seconds using a specially developed vacuum process.
HOW POPULAR IS TEA?
Tea is the most widely consumed drink in the world next to water, and can be found in almost 80% of all U.S. households.
It is the only beverage commonly served hot or iced, anytime, anywhere, for any occasion.
On any given day, over 158 million Americans are drinking tea.
Approximately 85% of tea consumed in America is iced.
In 2012, Americans consumed well over 79 billion servings of tea, or over 3.60 billion gallons.
About 84% of all tea consumed was Black Tea, 15% was Green Tea, and a small remaining amount was Oolong and White Tea.
According to Dean Vastardis, Bkon co-founder, the firm's patented Reverse Atmospheric Infusion process infuses beverages through controlled negative pressure.
'Other brewing methods and devices pull or push water through the tea,' he said.
'Reverse Atmospheric Infusion actually changes the air pressure, so the soluble flavor elements and natural sugars are extracted more completely and with greater purity.'
The firm says the Reverse Atmospheric Infusion changes the physics of extraction by controlling negative atmospheric pressure during the infusion process.
Gases are released from the pores of the tea to create a void for the water to infuse.
The boiling temperature of the water is reduced to accelerate agitation at a molecular level.
This process targets and extracts optimal elements of the tea at key phases of the brew cycle, producing a unique clean finish and full body mouth feel.
The machine isn't on sale just yet, but it's been in testing at a small number of cafes for a little while now, including Starbucks' Teavana pilot store in New York.
How it works: the firm says the key to the process is the pressure create as the tea brews.
Lou Vastardis, Bkon's co-founder, said, 'Coming from a third generation coffee roasting company, we've been immersed in the specialty beverage industry since childhood.
'The Bkon TX represents the beginning of the tea industry's second wave.
Bkon's Reverse Atmospheric Infusion changes the physics of extraction by controlling negative atmospheric pressure during the infusion process.
Gases are released from the pores of the tea to create a void for the water to infuse.
The boiling temperature of the water is reduced to accelerate agitation at a molecular level.
This process targets and extracts optimal elements of the tea at key phases of the brew cycle, producing a unique clean finish and full body mouth feel.
Experts say the machine could do for tea what coffee machines did for the coffee industry.
George Jage, founder of the World Tea Expo, where the machine was launched said, 'The Bkon TX is the most thrilling tea technology we've seen in quite some time.
It's certainly a disruptive machine that finally brings the tea industry on par with the coffee industry and coffeehouses, in terms of routinely serving superior consistent-tasting drinks in a timely fashion.'
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