Boiling water is pushed through the metal pipet. By the time the water reaches the grounds, it has cooled a few degrees. The result: Coffee and water meet at the perfect temperature to extract the oils and flavors, but not so hot as to impart "scorched" taste. The beauty of this process is that the coffee is brewed by extended contact with water at exactly the right brewing temperature, the temperature is maintained throughout the process, and then the coffee is immediately separated from the grounds.The system traps the delicate aroma and flavors in the closed canister to produce a coffee unlike any you've ever tasted. The bitter grounds stay in the glass carafe by way of a gold filter at the end of the overflow pipe.There are no paper filters to impart a slightly papery taste, or even worse, to take up the aromatic oils that give the different coffees their unique taste. The coffee from a syphon can best be described as "crystal clear", with great purity of fl