ORIGAMI, a world-renowned coffee product brand known for its coffee drippers and coffee cups, has teamed up with Satén Japanese Tea, a popular Japanese tea stand in Tokyo, to develop a new tea dripper that has been in the works for about 18 months.
The tea dripper is designed to not only allow anyone to brew a uniformly delicious cup of tea, but also to express the pleasure of searching for one's favorite flavor.
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The mechanism of the “tea dripper” is seemingly simple: only the liquid falls out without the tea leaves blocking the holes. However, if the holes are too large, not only will the tea leaves slip through the holes, but the hot water will flow down before the tea is extracted, and conversely, if the holes are too small, the tea leaves will spread out and quickly block the holes.
After various tests, including prototypes of about 20 different samples with uneven or tilted surfaces, a filter-type structure with a row of small holes at the bottom was adopted. From there, the number of holes was further determined, and the size of the holes was adjusted in 0.1 mm increments while comparing extraction times and tastes to realize a “completely permeable” dripper.
