Drip coffee maker for use within a microwave oven

An apparatus for heating water therein by the application of microwave energy and for dispensing the heated water, comprising:

• a reservoir for receiving water to be heated, the reservoir defining a closed chamber and a filling aperture for introducing water into the chamber;
• conduit means having an inlet end and an outlet end, the inlet end extending into the reservoir to a position adjacent the bottom surface of the chamber, the conduit means being removably attached to the reservoir, the attachment of the conduit means to the filling aperture sealing the chamber from ambient air pressure,
• the reservoir being substantially transparent to microwave energy such that, upon exposure of the apparatus to microwave energy, water in the closed, sealed chamber is heated, increasing overtime the vapor pressure within the reservoir, the pressure increase forcing water through the inlet end of the conduit means to be discharged from the outlet end of the conduit means.

A microwave brewing apparatus for use within a microwave oven for brewing a heated beverage by contacting a brewing material with water heated by application of microwave energy, the apparatus comprising:

• reservoir means defining a chamber for retaining a quantity of water to be heated, a carafe adapted to receive a quantity of brewed beverage, pump tube means having an inlet end extending into the reservoir means to a position adjacent the bottom of the chamber and an outlet end, retaining means for retaining a quantity of brewing material, the retaining means positioned below the outlet end of the pump tube means and above the carafe, and means for sealing the chamber defined by the reservoir means from ambient air pressure, whereby water within the chamber is heated by application of microwave energy is forced from the reservoir into the inlet end of the pump tube means and is discharged from the outlet end of the pump tube means into the retaining means by an increase in vapor pressure within the chamber created by the heating of the water by the microwave energy, the retaining means adapted to receive the heated water from the outlet end and direct the heated water into contact with brewing material therein and brewing a beverage therefrom, the retaining means further adapted to discharge brewed beverage into the carafe while retaining the brewing material therein.