Hot beverage machine

An apparatus for making heated beverages comprising:

• a heating element;
• a pump;
• a flow selector;
• a liquid reservoir;
• at least one brewing chamber unit having an inlet and an outlet, wherein at least one of the brewing chamber units comprises a filter basket and a suction tube, said suction tube unit defines the brewing chamber outlet
• wherein the suction tube unit further comprises:
• a hollow tube defining the brewing chamber outlet on a first end and a spillway on a second end;
• an outer cover spaced from and fixed in position surrounding the hollow tube, said outer cover having an opening spaced above the hollow tube first end;
• a liquid pathway, in fluid communication with said pump, extending from the liquid reservoir through the heating element to the flow selector, and into at least one brewing inlet;
• and
• a microprocessor electrically connected to the pump, and heating element for controlling the operation of the pump and the heating element.