what do you find thrilling about

I won't pretend I'm devoid of skepticism about this machine, but I for one be very curious to see any details about it.

/Lew

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Qualification doesn,t matter, actually your mail already excited me a lot. What is that "Tea machine for Lyons"

Man, isn,t it scary to hear all those stories-how those victims escaped with their lives?

Ya, I have one from college life. I used to scare people with ghost stories. One night I saw a ghost riding on a old tree(Hallucination,Maybe i had too much). Anyway I was fainted. When I got back my sence i found out this one of the most preetiest girl from college(who i used to like a lot)giving me some herbal infusion. I felt so thrilled. Because I always wanted to be a friend of her. well, do you consider this as your answer. That cup of herbal tea really played an important role(because we became friend after that day) and thrilled me.

Ripon (From Bangladesh)

OK, I've looked for details - but they're hard to find. I WILL post up a URL if I find a good link. The project was around 1998. The machine was a prototype I think commissioned by Typhoo (need to check this) for a new flagship tea shop to open in Brighton. The machine worked an a principal of a rolling boil (actually just below boiling, using an airstone to agitate the water), removing old leaves and replacing them with new whilst monitoring tea strength. The whole thing was in a pyrex globe, and you could see the tea brewing. As you took a cup, the process made sure there was always fresh made up.

I worked on the air system for a while. I never tasted a cup from it!

I hope this quenched your thirst for more information, sorry I can't be more specific. If I talk to the guys at the design firm I worked for, I'll get more details.

Ripon, your account of a tea infusion and love is fantastic. Please please tell me more in an interview

Cheers

Brendan Research Fellow, Royal College of Art