French press blender
The invention is directed to a French press combination grinder, filter, and drinking vessel, and method of making coffee. The system has a motor base, a container body, and two selectively removable container bases. The first removable container base has a blade, and the second removable container base has a plunger and filtering unit. Coffee beans are placed in the container body and ground when the first selectively removable container base is attached to the container body. Then, after the coffee is ground, the first base is removed and hot water is poured into the container body. The user then attaches the second container base and depresses the filtering unit to separate the coffee slurry into a liquid portion on top and coffee grounds portion on the bottom. The user may then drink the coffee directly from the same container that ground and filtered the coffee beans.
1. A beverage making system, comprising:
i) a motor base having a recessed well positioned at the top of the motor base;
ii) a container assembly having a container body and an open top on one end of the container body;
iii) a first selectively removable container base having a blade, the first selectively removable container base sized to fit into the recessed well of the motor base, and sized to seal the open top of the container body; and,
iv) a second selectively removable container base having a plunging member and a filtering unit, said second selectively removable container base sized to seal the open top of the container body;
wherein the open top of the container body is designed to be to alternatively, but not simultaneously sealed by the first selectively removable container base and the second selectively removable container base;
whereby alternatively engaging the first and second selectively removable container bases with the container body allow a user to both grind coffee beans and filter coffee without transferring coffee beans out of the container body after grinding and before filtering.
2. The beverage making system of claim 1 wherein said plunging member comprises a rod and a knob attached to the rod.
3. The beverage making system of claim 2 , where said second selectively removable container base comprises a rod opening, through which the rod extends, and wherein said rod opening is smaller than said knob, thereby preventing said knob from traversing said second selectively removable container base when said knob is attached to said rod.
4. The beverage making system of claim 1 , further comprising a coupling ring adapted for attaching said container body to said first selectively removable container base and said second removable container base.
5. The beverage making system of claim 1 , wherein said first and second selectively removable container bases each comprise a threaded region along an inner periphery for attachment to said container body.
6. The beverage making system of claim 1 , wherein a motor unit is enclosed within said base.
7. The beverage making system of claim 1 , wherein said filtering unit comprises a filtering screen sandwiched between a filtering plate and a fixing plate.
8. The beverage making system of claim 7 , wherein said filtering plate comprises metal coils and said fixing plate is a crossplate.
9. A beverage making system, comprising:
i) a motor base having a recessed well positioned at the top of the motor base, and a motor unit enclosed within said motor base;
ii) a container assembly having a container body and an open top on one end of the container body;
iii) a first selectively removable container base having a blade, the first selectively removable container base sized to fit into the recessed well of the motor base, and sized to seal the open top of the container body,
iv) a second selectively removable container base having i) a plunging member having a rod and knob, ii) a filtering unit having a filtering plate, a filtering screen, and a fixing plate attached to said rod, iii) a rod opening through which the rod extends, said second selectively removable container base sized to seal the open top of the container body; and
v) a coupling ring adapted to alternatively attach said container body with said first selectively removable container base and said second selectively removable container base,
wherein the open top of the container body is designed to be to alternatively, but not simultaneously sealed by the first selectively removable container base and the second selectively removable container base.