Beverage brewer with hot- and cold-brew options

A beverage brewer, comprising:

• a pump assembly;
• an intake tube assembly, connected to an inlet port of the pump assembly at a pump end;
• an outflow assembly, connected to an outlet port of the pump assembly at a pump end;
• a brewing material holder assembly, configured to hold ground brewing material and to be arranged at an issue end of the outflow assembly;
• a container volume, configured to accommodate a container assembly that is configured to hold fluid, arranged at an issue portion of the brewing material holder assembly;
• a control assembly;
• and
• wherein the brewing material holder assembly includes a brewing material holder and a holder plate configured to position the brewing material holder with respect to the container;
• a container collar configured to be arranged on an open top of the container, wherein the holder plate is configured to be arranged on the container collar;
• wherein at least a portion of the intake tube assembly is arranged within an interior of the container volume;
• wherein the pump assembly is operable to draw fluid from a container arranged within the container volume through the intake tube assembly and to issue the fluid into the brewing material holder assembly through the outflow assembly, thereby brewing a beverage in the brewing material holder assembly;
• wherein the brewing material holder assembly is configured to issue the brewed beverage into the container volume;
• and
• wherein the control assembly is configured to be operable by a user to selectively actuate the pump assembly.

A beverage brewer, comprising:

• a pump assembly;
• an intake tube assembly, connected to an inlet port of the pump assembly at a pump end;
• an outflow assembly, connected to an outlet port of the pump assembly at a pump end;
• a brewing material holder assembly, configured to hold ground brewing material and to be arranged at an issue end of the outflow assembly;
• a container, configured to hold fluid;
• and
• a heating element configured to heat liquid held in the container;
• wherein at least a portion of the intake tube assembly is configured to be arranged within an interior of the container;
• wherein the pump assembly is configured to draw fluid from within the container through the intake tube assembly and to issue the fluid into the brewing material holder assembly through the outflow assembly, thereby brewing a beverage in the brewing material holder assembly;
• wherein the brewing material holder assembly is configured to issue the brewed beverage into the container;
• and
• wherein the heating element includes a heat plate that is configured to be arranged below the container and includes a ring arranged around a periphery of the heat plate.

A beverage brewer, comprising:

• a pump assembly;
• an intake tube assembly, connected to an inlet port of the pump assembly at a pump end;
• an outflow assembly, separate from the intake tube assembly, connected to an outlet port of the pump assembly at a pump end;
• a brewing material holder assembly, configured to hold ground brewing material and to be arranged at an issue end of the outflow assembly;
• a container, configured to hold fluid;
• and
• a container collar configured to be arranged on an open top of the container, wherein the brewing material holder assembly is configured to be arranged on the container collar;
• wherein the intake tube assembly includes a filter configured to reduce an amount of particulate matter entering the intake tube assembly from the container;
• wherein at least a portion of the intake tube assembly is configured to be arranged within an interior of the container;
• wherein the pump assembly is configured to draw fluid from within the container through the intake tube assembly and to issue the fluid into the brewing material holder assembly through the outflow assembly, thereby brewing a beverage in the brewing material holder assembly;
• and
• wherein the brewing material holder assembly is configured to issue the brewed beverage into the container.