Qi Aerista
Qi Aerista offers a smart tea brewer that automates the entire brewing process—heating, steeping, straining, and keeping tea warm for up to 60 minutes—using its patented Aero-Brew system. Users select from nine preset programs or fine-tune temperature by the degree and time by the second via a companion mobile app, which also supports scheduled brewing up to 24 hours in advance. The system is designed for home tea enthusiasts seeking consistent, high-quality results with minimal effort.
- Consumer Electronics
- Consumer Goods
- Food Technology
- Hardware
Funding
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Founders
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Product
Problem
Many tea drinkers lack the knowledge to determine the correct brewing temperature and time for specific teas, leading to inconsistent or poor-tasting results. Busy schedules make it difficult to oversee all the steps of manual brewing, from heating to steeping to straining. Specialty teas like milk tea require significant effort and expense to prepare at home, making them a hassle for everyday enjoyment.
Solution
Qi Aerista provides a smart tea brewer that automates the entire brewing process, including heating, steeping, straining, and keeping tea warm for up to 60 minutes. Users simply add water and tea leaves, choose a tea type, and tap "brew" to start an automated cycle managed by preset programs. The brewer's patented Aero-Brew system controls water temperature, flow, and immersion to optimize flavor extraction while preventing over- or under-brewing. A companion mobile app allows users to monitor brewing in real time, customize temperature by the degree and time by the second, and schedule brews up to 24 hours in advance. The app also includes a tea library with brewing guidance for a wide range of tea types, making consistent, high-quality tea accessible at home.
Target Audience
Primary customers are home tea enthusiasts who want to brew specialty teas such as loose-leaf, bagged, milk tea, and bubble tea with consistent quality and minimal effort, as well as individuals with physical limitations who find manual brewing difficult.
Features
- Patented Aero-Brew system that precisely manages water temperature, flow rate, and tea leaf immersion for consistent flavor extraction
- Nine preset tea programs covering various tea types, with additional programs accessible through the mobile app
- Companion app enabling real-time brew tracking, temperature adjustment in 1-degree increments (25°C–100°C), and time adjustment in 1-second increments (2–15 minutes)
- Scheduled brewing function that allows tea to be prepared up to 24 hours in advance
- Four brewing modes: Heat and Brew, Boil and Brew, Boil and Cool, and Heat Only
- Automatic tea straining and 60-minute keep-warm function to maintain optimal serving temperature
- Notification and sound alerts when brewing is complete