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Fully automatic brewing apparatus is disclosed for economically and efficiently making large quantities of beverage. Beverage concentrate is first brewed from a dry, beverage-making material, such as tea leaves contained in a brewing funnel which, in one embodiment may be pivoted for emptying the co

Fully automatic brewing apparatus is disclosed for economically and efficiently making large quantities of beverage. Beverage concentrate is first brewed from a dry, beverage-making material, such as tea leaves contained in a brewing funnel which, in one embodiment may be pivoted for emptying the concentrate into a selected one of a pair of relatively large reservoirs. The concentrate is automatically diluted to acceptable strength and temperature by the timed addition of water to the reservoir in a stream which provides complete mixing of the concentrate with the diluting water.

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In beverage brewing apparatus comprising housing means including a base portion and an upper portion carried by and above said base portion, a hot water tank in said housing, water conduit means having an inlet adapted to be connected to a source of cold or cool water under pressure and a discharge

In beverage brewing apparatus comprising housing means including a base portion and an upper portion carried by and above said base portion, a hot water tank in said housing, water conduit means having an inlet adapted to be connected to a source of cold or cool water under pressure and a discharge end disposed in the lower portion of said hot water tank, a solenoid valve in said water conduit means, a timer switch electrically interconnected with said solenoid valve for opening the same for a predetermined period thereby allowing a predetermined quantity of cold or cool water to discharge into said hot water tank and displace an equal quantity of hot brewing water from the top thereof to a hot water dispensing port, and a beverage brewing receptacle carried by said upper portion beneath said dispensing port, the improvement comprising a pair of reservoirs carried by said base portion below and substantially on either side of said hot water dispensing port, said beverage brewing receptacle comprising an off-center liquid outlet and being pivotally mounted on said upper portion to permit the receptacle to be pivoted to position said outlet over either of said reservoirs to gravitationally discharge liquid beverage extract through said outlet into selected one of said reservoirs.