Making Beverages

A method of producing boiled water for making beverages, comprising the steps of:

• heating water within a boiling chamber to boiling point and holding it at boiling point for a period of time, the boiling chamber having an inverted collector mounted therein, the collector having an upper end and a lower end, the lower end being open to the boiling chamber and the upper end communicating with a passageway, but otherwise being closed, the passageway being provided by a tube or the like having a first end connected to the upper end of the collector and a second end outside the boiling chamber at a level lower than that of the first end, and the level of water within said boiling chamber being above that of said first end;
• shutting off or reducing heat to the boiling chamber after the water therein has been held at boiling point for said period of time so that the water goes off the boil to cause steam and water vapour within said passageway to condense, filling said passageway with sufficient water to set up a siphoning action, whereby water that has been boiled within said boiling chamber issues from said second end for making said beverage.