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- aspects of the present disclosure relate to a coffee apparatus, and more specifically, to a portable drip coffee apparatus.
- a drip coffee is brewed by pouring water over and through coffee grounds to extract coffee flavors into water which is collected in a serving vessel.
- a brewing technique requires coffee grounds, a filter, and a filter holder.
- the process of brewing starts with placing the filter inside the filter holder and placing an adequate amount of coffee grounds into the filter. Then, the filter holder is placed over a top of the serving vessel which is toe hold the coffee that is to be brewed. After the filter holder is set up, water is poured over the coffee grounds in the filter. Accordingly, coffee flavors from the coffee grounds are extracted into the water and the water flows through the filter into the serving vessel.
- the drip coffee apparatus includes a body.
- the body includes a perforated top and notches at a bottom of the body of the drip coffee apparatus.
- the drip coffee apparatus further includes a protruding handle coupled with the body of the drip coffee apparatus, a protruding tab at the perforated top of the body of the drip coffee apparatus, and a coffee filter coupled to an interior of the body of the drip coffee apparatus.
- the protruding handle is configured to be placed over a portion of a top of an open container.
- the drip coffee apparatus is configured to compress or expand the body of the drip coffee apparatus to adjust a width of the body after the perforated top with the protruding tab is removed.
- the body of the drip coffee apparatus includes a first side surface, a second side surface, a third side surface, and a fourth side surface.
- the first side surface and fourth side surface may be coupled with the protruding handle and with the second side surface and third side surface, respectively.
- the second side surface may be coupled with the third side surface.
- each respective side surface includes at least one of the notches and each notch is at a location to be placed over a portion of a top of an open container.
- the notches of the second side surface and the third side surface are wider than the notches of the first side surface and the fourth side surface.
- each respective side surface has an indented tab at a location to be placed over a portion of a top of an open container.
- each respective side surface includes a stabilizing tab where the stabilizing tab of the second side surface is coupled to the stabilizing tab of the third side surface.
- the stabilizing tabs may be configured to hold the drip coffee apparatus at a fixed position over a top of an open container.
- the protruding tab may be configured to enclose the perforated top of the body of the drip coffee apparatus and the coffee filter.
- the coffee filter is coupled to an interior of the first side surface and fourth side surface of the body of the drip coffee apparatus.
- the body of the drip coffee apparatus, the protruding handle, and the protruding tab form one piece.
- FIG. 1 illustrates a side view of an example of a drip coffee apparatus for implementations of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 2 illustrates an example of the drip coffee apparatus with the protruding tab removed and placed on a top of an open container for use in accordance with implementations of the present disclosure.
- a drip coffee is brewed by pouring water over and through coffee grounds to extract coffee flavors into a cup or a serving vessel.
- An example of a drip coffee is a pour over coffee.
- a coffee grinder, a filter, and a filter holder are used to prepare the brewing of the coffee.
- the coffee grinder is used to grind coffee beans, or alternatively pre-ground coffee can be stored in a separate container.
- the filter is placed into the filter holder and the ground coffee beans are then placed into the filter. Finally, hot water is then run through the coffee grounds.
- a coffee grinder to store coffee beans, filter, and a filter holder are needed to brew the coffee.
- the coffee grinders, coffee bean containers, filters, and filter holders may be quite bulky.
- the filter holder may be fragile as the filter holder is usually made of ceramics or plastics. Accordingly, it is difficult to brew a drip coffee on a trip or outside of one's home or a coffee shop where the various apparatuses need to be transported.
- the portable drip coffee apparatus that includes a body structure that is coupled with a coffee filter.
- the body structure may be configured to be placed over the top of an open container (e.g., a coffee mug or a cup).
- an open container e.g., a coffee mug or a cup.
- the body structure may be flat and the coffee filter may be sealed with pre-ground coffee.
- a portion of the body structure may be removed along with a seal of the coffee filter.
- the body structure may then be extended (i.e., unfolded) to fit the top of the open container and hot water may then be placed through the coffee grounds in the coffee filter.
- a single apparatus may be used to prepare the drip coffee as opposed to multiple different apparatuses.
- Advantages of the present disclosure include, but are not limited to, a less bulky and more convenient apparatus to prepare drip coffee. Additionally, the amount of preparation time to brew the drip coffee may be reduced as a single apparatus may be used to prepare the drip coffee. Furthermore, the cleanup of the drip coffee may be more efficient with the use of the single apparatus as the single apparatus including the coffee filter and ground coffee may be disposed.
- FIG. 1 illustrates a side view of an example of a drip coffee apparatus 100 for implementations of the present disclosure.
- the drip coffee apparatus 100 includes a body 120 A, 120 B, 130 A, and 130 B.
- the body 120 A, 120 B, 130 A, and 130 B includes a perforated top 150 and multiple notches 125 A, 125 B, 135 A, and 135 B at a bottom of the body 120 A, 120 B, 130 A, and 130 B of the drip coffee apparatus 100 .
- the drip coffee apparatus 100 further includes a protruding handle 110 coupled with the body 120 A, 120 B, 130 A, and 130 B and a protruding tab 140 at the perforated top 150 of the body 120 A, 120 B, 130 A, and 130 B.
- the drip coffee apparatus 100 includes a coffee filter 160 coupled to an interior of the body 120 A, 120 B, 130 A, and 130 B.
- the coffee filter 160 may include coffee grounds.
- the drip coffee apparatus 100 may be made of a cardboard or other such paper-based material or any other material that can be folded.
- the body 120 A, 120 B, 130 A, and 130 B, the protruding handle 110 , and the protruding tab 140 may form one piece (e.g., a single piece of the foldable material). Further, the body 120 A, 120 B, 130 A, and 130 B may be foldable as shown in FIG. 1 .
- the folded drip coffee apparatus 100 may be compact and easily transported to later brew a drip coffee.
- the protruding handle 110 may be placed over a portion of a top of an open container such as a container 200 (e.g., a cup or a mug) after the protruding tab 140 is removed.
- the body 120 A, 120 B, 130 A, and 130 B may be extended to variable distances to cover containers with different opening sizes.
- a bottom of the protruding handle 110 may be used to rest over the top of the container 200 .
- the protruding handle 110 may further be used by a user of the drip coffee apparatus 100 to lift or remove the drip coffee apparatus 100 from the top of the open container after the coffee has been brewed.
- the protruding handle 110 may be shorter than the body 120 A, 120 B, 130 A, and 130 B so that the protruding handle 110 can be placed over the top of the container 200 .
- the body 120 A, 120 B, 130 A, and 130 B of the drip coffee apparatus 100 may be configured to compress or expand to adjust a width of the drip coffee apparatus 100 after the protruding tab 140 has been removed.
- the protruding handle 110 may have a hole 115 to allow the user to insert a finger to easily hold the drip coffee apparatus 100 over the container 200 .
- the body 120 A, 120 B, 130 A, and 130 B of the drip coffee apparatus 100 may include a first side surface 120 A, a second side surface 130 A, a third side surface 130 B, and a fourth side surface 120 B.
- FIG. 1 depicts the side view of the drip coffee apparatus 100 , and thus only illustrates two side surfaces (i.e., the first side surface 120 A and the second side surface 130 A). However, the fourth side surface 120 B and third side surface 130 B are folded behind the first side surface 120 A and the second side surface 130 A, respectively in FIG. 1 .
- the first side surface 120 A and fourth side surface 120 B are coupled with the protruding handle 110 .
- first side surface 120 A and fourth side surface 120 B may be coupled with the second side surface 130 A and third side surface 130 B, respectively.
- second side surface 130 A may be coupled with the third side surface 130 B. That is, the first side surface 120 A may be coupled with the second side surface 130 A, the second side surface 130 A may be coupled with the third side surface 130 B, and the third side surface 130 B may be coupled with the fourth side surface 120 B.
- the first side surface 120 A and fourth side surface 120 B may be wider than the second side surface 130 A and third side surface 130 B, or vice versa.
- all four side surfaces 120 A, 120 B, 130 A, and 130 B may be of the same width.
- each side surface 120 A, 120 B, 130 A, and 130 B may include at least one notch 125 A, 125 B, 135 A, and 135 B.
- Each notch 125 A, 125 B, 135 A, and 135 B may be at a location to be placed over a portion of a top of an opened container (i.e., the container 200 ).
- the notches 135 A and 135 B of the second side surface 130 A and the third side surface 130 B may be wider than the notches 125 A and 125 B of the first side surface 120 A and the fourth side surface 120 B.
- the second side surface 130 A and third side surface 130 B may facilitate the drip coffee apparatus 100 to be better balanced on the top of the cup 200 and accommodate containers with different opening sizes.
- the indented tabs 127 A and 127 B may be at the same level as the bottom of the protruding handle 110 so that both the indented tabs 127 A and 127 B and the protruding handle 110 may support the drip coffee apparatus 100 to stay on the top of the container 200 .
- each respective side surface may include a stabilizing tab 137 A and 137 B.
- the stabilizing tab 137 A of the second side surface 130 A may be coupled with the stabilizing tab 137 B of the third side surface 130 B.
- the stabilizing tabs 137 A and 137 B are configured to hold the drip coffee apparatus 100 at a fixed position over a top of container cup 200 .
- the stabilizing tabs 137 A and 137 B may be configured to be placed inside the container 200 so that the apparatus 100 does not fall out of the cup 200 while the hot water is poured in.
- the protruding tab 140 may be configured to enclose the perforated top 150 of the body 120 A, 120 B, 130 A, and 130 B of the drip coffee apparatus 100 and the coffee filter 160 .
- the protruding tab 140 may be removed along the perforated top 150 .
- Visual indicators e.g., arrows
- a top portion e.g., a flap
- content e.g., coffee grounds or other such material
- the user may pull or push the body 120 A, 120 B, 130 A, and 130 B to adjust the width of the drip coffee apparatus 100 so that the drip coffee apparatus 100 is securely placed over the top of the container 200 .
- the four side surfaces 120 A, 120 B, 130 A, 130 B may form a quadrangle once the drip coffee apparatus 100 is placed over a top of the container 200 as will be described in detail with respect to FIG. 2 below. Otherwise, the width of the body 120 A, 120 B, 130 A, and 130 B may not be adjusted if the protruding tab 140 is not removed from the perforated top 150 .
- the coffee filter 160 may be coupled to an interior of the first side surface 120 A and fourth side surface 120 B of the body 120 A, 120 B, 130 A, and 130 B of the drip coffee apparatus 100 .
- the coffee filter 160 may include a top flap on each side of the coffee filter 160 being coupled to the interior of the body 120 A, 120 B, 130 A, and 130 B to seal contents (e.g., coffee grounds) inside the sealed coffee filter 160 until the protruding tab 140 is removed.
- the top flaps of the coffee filter 160 may be coupled to the protruding tab 140 .
- the top flaps of the coffee filter 160 may also be removed thereby exposing the contents inside the filter 160 .
- the coffee filter 160 may be coupled to interior of all four sides of the body 120 A, 120 B, 130 A, and 130 B.
- the coffee filter 160 may be adhesively coupled and heat-sealed to the interior of the body 120 A, 120 B, 130 A, and 130 B.
- a shape of the coffee filter 160 may be formed in a way to direct a water flow towards the bottom of the coffee filter 160 .
- the bottom of the coffee filter 160 may be gusseted to allow multiple exits and an even water flow through the stored coffee grounds.
- the coffee filter 160 may be made of a paper-based material. In some embodiments, the coffee filter 160 may be made of a poly-based material.
- FIG. 2 illustrates an example of the drip coffee apparatus 100 with the protruding tab 140 removed and placed on a top of the container 200 for use, in accordance with implementations of the present disclosure.
- the drip coffee apparatus 100 may first be included in a package and removed from the package.
- the user may remove the protruding tab 140 to expose content, such as coffee grounds, in the coffee filter 160 .
- the user may place the drip coffee apparatus 100 over a top of the container 200 as depicted in FIG. 2 using the protruding handle 110 .
- the user may pour hot water into the coffee filter 160 to brew a drip coffee that is deposited into the container 200 upon which the drip coffee apparatus 100 is placed upon.
- each of the four side surfaces 120 A, 120 B, 130 A, and 130 B is coupled in a foldable manner to form a quadrangle ensuring that the coffee filter 160 can hold a sufficient amount of hot water.
- each of the four side surfaces 120 A, 120 B, 130 A, and 130 B includes at least one supporting element such as a notch 125 A, 125 B, 135 A, or 135 B, an indented tab 127 A or 127 B, or a stabilizing tab 137 A or 137 B to hold the drip coffee apparatus 100 on the top of the container 200 .
- the stabilizing tabs 137 A and 137 B may or may not be placed over the top of the container 200 depending on an opening size of the container 200 .
- FIGS. 1 and 2 illustrate the drip coffee apparatus 100 with notches at the bottom of the drip coffee apparatus 100
- other such supporting elements may be located at the bottom of the drip coffee apparatus 100 .
- platforms may be located at the bottom of the drip coffee apparatus 100 .
- the platforms may be elongated poles or sticks (or other such supporting elements) that are coupled to the bottom of the drop coffee apparatus 100 and that are to be placed over the top of an open container.
- the coffee filter 160 may include different contents different from coffee grounds (e.g., tea) that may be brewed via a similar process.
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- The present application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 16/045,656, filed on Jul. 25, 2018, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/537,390, filed on Jul. 26, 2017, which are incorporated by reference herein in their entirety.
- Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a coffee apparatus, and more specifically, to a portable drip coffee apparatus.
- A drip coffee is brewed by pouring water over and through coffee grounds to extract coffee flavors into water which is collected in a serving vessel. Such a brewing technique requires coffee grounds, a filter, and a filter holder. The process of brewing starts with placing the filter inside the filter holder and placing an adequate amount of coffee grounds into the filter. Then, the filter holder is placed over a top of the serving vessel which is toe hold the coffee that is to be brewed. After the filter holder is set up, water is poured over the coffee grounds in the filter. Accordingly, coffee flavors from the coffee grounds are extracted into the water and the water flows through the filter into the serving vessel.
- The following is a simplified summary of the disclosure in order to provide a basic understanding of some aspects of the disclosure. This summary is not an extensive overview of the disclosure. It is intended to neither identify key or critical elements of the disclosure, nor delineate any scope of the particular implementations of the disclosure or any scope of the claims. Its sole purpose is to present some concepts of the disclosure in a simplified form as a prelude to the more detailed description that is presented later.
- A drip coffee apparatus is disclosed. In an implementation, the drip coffee apparatus includes a body. The body includes a perforated top and notches at a bottom of the body of the drip coffee apparatus. The drip coffee apparatus further includes a protruding handle coupled with the body of the drip coffee apparatus, a protruding tab at the perforated top of the body of the drip coffee apparatus, and a coffee filter coupled to an interior of the body of the drip coffee apparatus.
- In some implementations, the protruding handle is configured to be placed over a portion of a top of an open container.
- In some implementations, the drip coffee apparatus is configured to compress or expand the body of the drip coffee apparatus to adjust a width of the body after the perforated top with the protruding tab is removed.
- In some implementations, the body of the drip coffee apparatus includes a first side surface, a second side surface, a third side surface, and a fourth side surface. The first side surface and fourth side surface may be coupled with the protruding handle and with the second side surface and third side surface, respectively. Furthermore, the second side surface may be coupled with the third side surface.
- In some implementations, at a bottom of the first side surface, second side surface, third side surface and fourth side surface, each respective side surface includes at least one of the notches and each notch is at a location to be placed over a portion of a top of an open container.
- In some implementations, the notches of the second side surface and the third side surface are wider than the notches of the first side surface and the fourth side surface.
- In some implementations, at a bottom of the first side surface and fourth side surface, each respective side surface has an indented tab at a location to be placed over a portion of a top of an open container.
- In some implementations, at a bottom of the second side surface and third side surface, each respective side surface includes a stabilizing tab where the stabilizing tab of the second side surface is coupled to the stabilizing tab of the third side surface. The stabilizing tabs may be configured to hold the drip coffee apparatus at a fixed position over a top of an open container.
- In some implementations, the protruding tab may be configured to enclose the perforated top of the body of the drip coffee apparatus and the coffee filter.
- In some implementations, the coffee filter is coupled to an interior of the first side surface and fourth side surface of the body of the drip coffee apparatus.
- In some implementations, the body of the drip coffee apparatus, the protruding handle, and the protruding tab form one piece.
- Aspects and implementations of the present disclosure will be understood more fully from the detailed description given below and from the accompanying drawings of various aspects and implementations of the disclosure, which, however, should not be taken to limit the disclosure to the specific aspects or implementations, but are for explanation and understanding only.
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FIG. 1 illustrates a side view of an example of a drip coffee apparatus for implementations of the present disclosure. -
FIG. 2 illustrates an example of the drip coffee apparatus with the protruding tab removed and placed on a top of an open container for use in accordance with implementations of the present disclosure. - The following is a simplified summary of the disclosure in order to provide a basic understanding of some aspects of the disclosure. This summary is not an extensive overview of the disclosure. It is intended to neither identify key or critical elements of the disclosure, nor delineate any scope of the particular implementations of the disclosure or any scope of the claims. Its sole purpose is to present some concepts of the disclosure in a simplified form as a prelude to the more detailed description that is presented later.
- A drip coffee is brewed by pouring water over and through coffee grounds to extract coffee flavors into a cup or a serving vessel. An example of a drip coffee is a pour over coffee. In general, a coffee grinder, a filter, and a filter holder are used to prepare the brewing of the coffee. For example, the coffee grinder is used to grind coffee beans, or alternatively pre-ground coffee can be stored in a separate container. Subsequently, the filter is placed into the filter holder and the ground coffee beans are then placed into the filter. Finally, hot water is then run through the coffee grounds.
- As such, to brew the drip coffee, multiple and separate apparatuses such as a coffee grinder, container to store coffee beans, filter, and a filter holder are needed to brew the coffee. However, the coffee grinders, coffee bean containers, filters, and filter holders may be quite bulky. In addition, the filter holder may be fragile as the filter holder is usually made of ceramics or plastics. Accordingly, it is difficult to brew a drip coffee on a trip or outside of one's home or a coffee shop where the various apparatuses need to be transported.
- Aspects and implementations of the present disclosure address the above and other deficiencies by providing a portable drip coffee apparatus. In some implementations, the portable drip coffee apparatus that includes a body structure that is coupled with a coffee filter. The body structure may be configured to be placed over the top of an open container (e.g., a coffee mug or a cup). For example, at first the body structure may be flat and the coffee filter may be sealed with pre-ground coffee. Subsequently, a portion of the body structure may be removed along with a seal of the coffee filter. The body structure may then be extended (i.e., unfolded) to fit the top of the open container and hot water may then be placed through the coffee grounds in the coffee filter.
- As such, a single apparatus may be used to prepare the drip coffee as opposed to multiple different apparatuses. Advantages of the present disclosure include, but are not limited to, a less bulky and more convenient apparatus to prepare drip coffee. Additionally, the amount of preparation time to brew the drip coffee may be reduced as a single apparatus may be used to prepare the drip coffee. Furthermore, the cleanup of the drip coffee may be more efficient with the use of the single apparatus as the single apparatus including the coffee filter and ground coffee may be disposed.
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FIG. 1 illustrates a side view of an example of adrip coffee apparatus 100 for implementations of the present disclosure. - The
drip coffee apparatus 100 includes abody body perforated top 150 andmultiple notches body drip coffee apparatus 100. Thedrip coffee apparatus 100 further includes a protrudinghandle 110 coupled with thebody tab 140 at theperforated top 150 of thebody drip coffee apparatus 100 includes acoffee filter 160 coupled to an interior of thebody coffee filter 160 may include coffee grounds. - The
drip coffee apparatus 100 may be made of a cardboard or other such paper-based material or any other material that can be folded. Thebody handle 110, and the protrudingtab 140 may form one piece (e.g., a single piece of the foldable material). Further, thebody FIG. 1 . Thus, the foldeddrip coffee apparatus 100 may be compact and easily transported to later brew a drip coffee. - The protruding
handle 110 may be placed over a portion of a top of an open container such as a container 200 (e.g., a cup or a mug) after the protrudingtab 140 is removed. Thebody handle 110 may be used to rest over the top of thecontainer 200. The protrudinghandle 110 may further be used by a user of thedrip coffee apparatus 100 to lift or remove thedrip coffee apparatus 100 from the top of the open container after the coffee has been brewed. In an implementation, the protrudinghandle 110 may be shorter than thebody handle 110 can be placed over the top of thecontainer 200. In an implementation, thebody drip coffee apparatus 100 may be configured to compress or expand to adjust a width of thedrip coffee apparatus 100 after the protrudingtab 140 has been removed. In another implementation, the protrudinghandle 110 may have ahole 115 to allow the user to insert a finger to easily hold thedrip coffee apparatus 100 over thecontainer 200. - In some implementations, the
body drip coffee apparatus 100 may include afirst side surface 120A, asecond side surface 130A, athird side surface 130B, and afourth side surface 120B.FIG. 1 depicts the side view of thedrip coffee apparatus 100, and thus only illustrates two side surfaces (i.e., thefirst side surface 120A and thesecond side surface 130A). However, thefourth side surface 120B andthird side surface 130B are folded behind thefirst side surface 120A and thesecond side surface 130A, respectively inFIG. 1 . Thefirst side surface 120A andfourth side surface 120B are coupled with the protrudinghandle 110. Moreover, thefirst side surface 120A andfourth side surface 120B may be coupled with thesecond side surface 130A andthird side surface 130B, respectively. Additionally, thesecond side surface 130A may be coupled with thethird side surface 130B. That is, thefirst side surface 120A may be coupled with thesecond side surface 130A, thesecond side surface 130A may be coupled with thethird side surface 130B, and thethird side surface 130B may be coupled with thefourth side surface 120B. In an implementation, thefirst side surface 120A andfourth side surface 120B may be wider than thesecond side surface 130A andthird side surface 130B, or vice versa. In another implementation, all fourside surfaces - In an implementation, the bottom of each
side surface notch notch notches second side surface 130A and thethird side surface 130B may be wider than thenotches 125A and 125B of thefirst side surface 120A and thefourth side surface 120B. In this way, thesecond side surface 130A andthird side surface 130B may facilitate thedrip coffee apparatus 100 to be better balanced on the top of thecup 200 and accommodate containers with different opening sizes. In an implementation, at a bottom of thefirst side surface 120A andfourth side surface 120B, there may be anindented tab container 200. Theindented tabs handle 110 so that both theindented tabs handle 110 may support thedrip coffee apparatus 100 to stay on the top of thecontainer 200. - In addition to the
notches indented tabs second side surface 130A andthird side surface 130B, each respective side surface may include a stabilizingtab tab 137A of thesecond side surface 130A may be coupled with the stabilizingtab 137B of thethird side surface 130B. Further, the stabilizingtabs drip coffee apparatus 100 at a fixed position over a top ofcontainer cup 200. In another implementation, the stabilizingtabs container 200 so that theapparatus 100 does not fall out of thecup 200 while the hot water is poured in. - The protruding
tab 140 may be configured to enclose theperforated top 150 of thebody drip coffee apparatus 100 and thecoffee filter 160. The protrudingtab 140 may be removed along theperforated top 150. Visual indicators (e.g., arrows) may be placed on theperforated top 150 and/or the protrudingtab 140 to indicate a direction to apply force to remove the protrudingtab 140. As the protrudingtab 140 is removed, a top portion (e.g., a flap) of thecoffee filter 160 may also be removed exposing content (e.g., coffee grounds or other such material) inside thecoffee filter 160. Once the protrudingtab 140 is removed, the user may pull or push thebody drip coffee apparatus 100 so that thedrip coffee apparatus 100 is securely placed over the top of thecontainer 200. Accordingly, the fourside surfaces drip coffee apparatus 100 is placed over a top of thecontainer 200 as will be described in detail with respect toFIG. 2 below. Otherwise, the width of thebody tab 140 is not removed from theperforated top 150. - In some implementations, the
coffee filter 160 may be coupled to an interior of thefirst side surface 120A andfourth side surface 120B of thebody drip coffee apparatus 100. Thecoffee filter 160 may include a top flap on each side of thecoffee filter 160 being coupled to the interior of thebody coffee filter 160 until the protrudingtab 140 is removed. The top flaps of thecoffee filter 160 may be coupled to the protrudingtab 140. Accordingly, as the protrudingtab 140 is removed to allow the adjusting of the width of thebody coffee filter 160 may also be removed thereby exposing the contents inside thefilter 160. In other implementations, thecoffee filter 160 may be coupled to interior of all four sides of thebody coffee filter 160 may be adhesively coupled and heat-sealed to the interior of thebody coffee filter 160 may be formed in a way to direct a water flow towards the bottom of thecoffee filter 160. The bottom of thecoffee filter 160 may be gusseted to allow multiple exits and an even water flow through the stored coffee grounds. In an implementation, thecoffee filter 160 may be made of a paper-based material. In some embodiments, thecoffee filter 160 may be made of a poly-based material. -
FIG. 2 illustrates an example of thedrip coffee apparatus 100 with the protrudingtab 140 removed and placed on a top of thecontainer 200 for use, in accordance with implementations of the present disclosure. - The
drip coffee apparatus 100, as illustrated inFIG. 1 , may first be included in a package and removed from the package. The user may remove the protrudingtab 140 to expose content, such as coffee grounds, in thecoffee filter 160. Then, the user may place thedrip coffee apparatus 100 over a top of thecontainer 200 as depicted inFIG. 2 using the protrudinghandle 110. The user may pour hot water into thecoffee filter 160 to brew a drip coffee that is deposited into thecontainer 200 upon which thedrip coffee apparatus 100 is placed upon. - As depicted in
FIG. 2 , the fourside surfaces coffee filter 160 can hold a sufficient amount of hot water. In addition, each of the fourside surfaces notch indented tab tab drip coffee apparatus 100 on the top of thecontainer 200. However, the stabilizingtabs container 200 depending on an opening size of thecontainer 200. - Although
FIGS. 1 and 2 illustrate thedrip coffee apparatus 100 with notches at the bottom of thedrip coffee apparatus 100, in some embodiments, other such supporting elements may be located at the bottom of thedrip coffee apparatus 100. For example, instead of the notches at the bottom of thedrip coffee apparatus 100, platforms may be located at the bottom of thedrip coffee apparatus 100. In some embodiments, the platforms may be elongated poles or sticks (or other such supporting elements) that are coupled to the bottom of thedrop coffee apparatus 100 and that are to be placed over the top of an open container. - Although aspects of the present disclosure describe a drip coffee apparatus, any other type of drip beverage may be utilized with the present disclosure. For example, the
coffee filter 160 may include different contents different from coffee grounds (e.g., tea) that may be brewed via a similar process. - In the foregoing specification, embodiments of the disclosure have been described with reference to specific example embodiments thereof. It will be evident that various modifications can be made thereto without departing from the broader spirit and scope of embodiments of the disclosure as set forth in the following claims. The specification and drawings are, accordingly, to be regarded in an illustrative sense rather than a restrictive sense.
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