Beverage brewer with hot- and cold-brew options

A beverage brewer, comprising:

• a pump assembly having an inlet port and an outlet port and configured to provide negative fluid pressure at the inlet port and positive fluid pressure at the outlet port;
• a container assembly, configured to hold liquid;
• an intake channel, arranged to provide fluid communication between an interior of the container assembly and the inlet port of the pump assembly;
• and
• a brewing material holder assembly, configured to hold ground brewing material and arranged at an issue end of the outlet port of the pump assembly;
• wherein the pump assembly is configured to draw liquid from the interior of the container assembly through the intake channel and to issue the liquid to the brewing material holder assembly through the outlet port, thereby brewing a beverage in the brewing material holder assembly when the brewing material holder assembly holds ground brewing material;
• wherein the brewing material holder assembly is configured to issue the brewed beverage into the interior of the container assembly;
• wherein the intake channel includes an intake tube assembly, connected to the inlet port of the pump assembly at a pump end;
• and
• wherein the intake tube assembly is configured to be arranged within an interior of the container assembly.