#tea technology

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Teforia soaks up $12 million to make the perfect cup of tea

Teforia has raised $12 million in a Series A round of venture funding to take its smart kitchen appliances mainstream. The company’s flagship product is an internet connected tea infuser that can brew teas from the company’s own line of pre-packed “Sips,” or from loose leaf teas that customers pack into the machine’s “infusion globe” on their own. The device can be controlled by the Teforia mobile app which lets users create, share and store recipes for what they find is the perfect brew. Or it can be run manually when a user is brewing tea from the company’s Sips. Prior to starting Teforia (pronounced “tay-foria”) founder and CEO Allen Han was best known as the designer of the XBOX.

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WTP @ The World Tea Expo, Ep.7: The Rise of the Machines - BKON

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A beautiful Friday it is today! More so because I am currently tea drunk off of Jalam Teas’ Pulang Puerh (9 steeps total) and Obubu Kyoto’s Kabuse Sencha (serious diggin' the veggie vibes).

But of course we have another podcast, and on a topic my friend Jason Walker of Walker Tea Review was very accurate in describing: The Rise of the Machines. For you see, during this year’s World Tea Expo there were an abundance of new technologies being deployed. Technologies which were learning. Technologies which are growing ever more capable. Technologies which will one day destroy……..your ever preconception. 

   If you are of the type to believe in the old-fashioned, I implore you to reconsider. The landscape is being rewritten, new hardware is being installed, and you’re going to need to upgrade. This isn't intended to shock the current system, no, but changes are coming. Tradition will always sell; it’s a secure niche. But not everyone is willing to give the time to sit down and brew with a gaiwan or kyuusu

Myself, well I adore my tea-ware. I'm actively collecting. Yet I realise the need for these machines. We are a community, us tea drinkers. A community that flourishes with every new member. And the simple fact is: these new mechanical devices will attract more people.

Consider the impact of the Keurig. Now imagine the potential of the BKON. Created by the Vastardis brothers (Tardis……can the BKON time travel?) Dean and Lou, the BKON de-constructs brewing into pure infusing science. A process titled Reverse Atmospheric Infusion (RAIN) is the engine which drives the BKON to delivering a satisfying cup. And at the Expo we were fortunate enough to take it for a test-drive.

Sit back and buckle-up folks, this podcast is sure to upload some excitement into your day. 

LEEET’S BREW IT

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