The Brezi Chilly Espresso Maker. Every day Espresso Information by Howard Bryman.

A brand new single-cup residence brewer from Hong Kong, the Brezi Chilly Espresso Maker, is getting into the market with know-how for each heating and actively chilling brew water.

Brezi launched international on-line gross sales final month at $399 for its automated chilly brew system, which makes use of a programmable sizzling bloom adopted instantly by chilled water supply.

“As an alternative of completely sizzling brewing, or completely chilly brewing, I really feel prefer it’s the proper strategy to sizzling bloom it first, after which chilly brew,” Brezi Founder and CEO Jackson Hung instructed Every day Espresso Information. “The new bloom can open up the espresso, it could possibly launch the CO2, after which the chilly brew facet can keep the smoothness of the espresso.”

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Water from the Brezi brewer’s 1-liter acrylic reservoir is drawn into the aluminum-bodied machine, the place it passes by way of a semiconductor thermoelectric system used to warmth and funky water shortly to express temperatures. The utmost hot-bloom temperature is 158°F, after which the system can shift virtually immediately to ship water as chilly as 41°F, or something in between.

“It stretches the brew temperature to a different stage,” Hung stated. “The espresso that you just get is chilly. You style the brilliant acidity as within the sizzling pourover, however the finish product is as easy as chilly brew.”

Temperature precision is supported by a proprietary pumping system that strikes water each ahead and backward by way of the thermoelectric pathway. When the recent bloom is full, water is withdrawn from the heater whereas the plate quickly cools to stop water of an uncontrolled temperature from reaching the espresso.

“We’re utilizing some know-how from different industries, different shopper electronics,” stated Hung. “We type of switch that data into this espresso machine.”

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By buttons on a display constructed into the highest of the group and dials embedded within the high panel, customers can choose preset profiles or create their very own, setting movement fee, pauses, water temperature and the quantity and quantity of pours delivered to a filter holding as much as 60 grams of floor espresso. The chrome steel filter holder beneath the group is lined with Kalita-style fluted basket-shaped paper filters.

The system is designed to ship brews starting from concentrated espresso-like extract in as little as 5 minutes, out to Kyoto-style drip brewed in increments as small as 0.05 milliliters over the person’s chosen interval.

Raised in Hong Kong earlier than attending UC Berkeley, Hung spent greater than a decade in Northern California working in semiconductors earlier than returning to Hong Kong to work for drone maker DJI and in different shopper electronics roles. He stated the thought for Brezi grew out of his personal choice for hot-bloomed chilly espresso.

Hung based Brezi in 2023, then launched a Kickstarter marketing campaign in 2024 to fund preliminary manufacturing. The corporate introduced the launch of world gross sales at World of Espresso San Diego final month. (Learn all of DCN’s WOC San Diego protection.)

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Whereas most home-focused “chilly brew” makers keep away from temperature-altering equipment altogether, the Brezi seems distinct in its give attention to an actively chilled brew following an internally heated bloom whereas accepting the person’s selection of contemporary espresso, with no single-use waste past a paper filter. Its closest market comparability often is the Cumulus chilly espresso machine, which launched in 2024 and actively chills water to mix with liquid espresso extracts.

Because the Brezi continues into manufacturing, Hung stated the corporate is of course holding one eye on R&D.

“We’re making an attempt to check the market somewhat bit extra, and we additionally need to keep give attention to the chilly espresso space,” Hung stated.