Grind And Go
Portable Coffee Machine combines the
Grinding, Boiling, and Extracting
together. This machine is deisigned for outdoor activities and work.
Pain Point
For people work outsides or love outdoor activities. They want to drink homemade coffee.
No suitable products
A home-style coffee maker is too big and not designed to be taken out of the house.
Not portable
Research
listed product analyze
Listed Portable coffee machines:
They don't have batteries inside
They can't heat and grind
Consumers have to:
Prepare their own hot water
Buy a coffee grinder
Extract the coffee manually
The process of extracting coffee manually.
Function Research
Grinding -- Two option to choose
Coffee Beans
Coffee Powder
Blade Grinder
Coffee Powder
Coffee Beans
Powders are same size
One time grind required
Come out from the bottom
Powders sizes are different
Powders go up and down in the bin
Come out from the bottom
Burr Grinder
Final Pick
Boiling -- Inspiration from the kettle
Converts electrical energy into heat through the process of Joule heating
Heating Element
good insulation, thermal conductivity and high
temperature resistance
Protective layer: Glass
When contacted with heat, iron force copper to bend, which will cut off the power and stop boiling water.
Thermostat
Sketches
Exterior
top Functions
Rotate -- to -- Open
Pour Coffee
top Functions
The top lid features small holes that allows the coffee machine to exhaust vapor when boiling water
Lid - Top Exhaust Hole
The top lid, which can pop up when pressed, pours in water and coffee beans
Slide button
Toggle to the left when boiling water to close the passage between the kettle and the grinder. It stops the water vapor from wetting the coffee powder below.
Bottom Functions
INTERIOR
Pour coffee beans from the side
Pot Support
small holes allow pot to exhaust vapor when boiling water
Rotate -- to -- Open
These two pads can ROTATE
OPEN: The four small holes of two pads are connected. Coffee beans can be poured into the grinder from above.
CLOSE: When boiling water, the pads can be closed to prevent the water vapor wetting the coffee powder and beans.
Water Vapor Barrier Pads
Rotate -- to -- Close
Grinder
Vibratory Pump
Coffee Outlet
