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Headline: 3D Printed Coffee Machine Uses Physics To Brew The Perfect Cup

Caption: **SUPPORTING VIDEOS AVAILABLE. CONTACT TO RECEIVE.** Once, coffee was simply a source of caffeine for the overtired. Then with the opening of so many coffee shops coffee became the center of a social activity. Now, brewing the perfect cup of the stuff has become a fine art, and a startup from New Mexico are setting out to make delicious ‘Third Wave Coffee’ accessible to the masses with PERK - a 3D printed coffee-machine that uses science to deliver perfect taste at the bush of a button. PERK was originally designed to brew coffee in low-gravity environments, but has since evolved into a tabletop machine for household use. The smart-looking machine wants to make the precise science of brewing third wave coffee accessible to everyone. PERK takes advantage of the physics principle of “mechanical suspension” to guarantee a perfect 'uniformity of saturation' for every coffee particle. In other, less science-y words PERK uses a recirculating boiler with a nested infusion chamber that ensures a constant supply of precision-controlled, heated liquid. This means that you can select and maintain a desired brewing temperature to within a degree. Founder Jakub Svec and his team launched the PERK Kickstarter campaign on March 15th, 2017, offering the machine for under $299. Perk launched on Kickstarter on Wednesday, March 15, and was 40% funded in the first 24 hours. And climbing. Many of the early adopters/backers so far have been third wave coffee shops, who will be using a machine that an average consumer can now have at home. Win-win. The PERK prototype has recently been on a tour of the US, getting put to the test in hip coffee bars right, left and center. An anonymous coffee-lover even stated ‘Don’t tell anyone this, but your machine just killed the pour-over.’ PERK is currently raising funds on Kickstater at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/perk/perk-finally-a-fully-automated-pourover-coffee-mac.

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