The new Orea V3 Brewer is available in two colors.
The OREA brewer is a dream come true. For years, manufacturers have supported an open initiative called Precious Plastic. It's a wonderful vision of using waste to make things locally at a time when almost nothing is made locally in 2022. It is also a community and a guide for anyone who wants to create local recycling centers or recycled products. Within this network we found our collaborators for this base - EasyMoulds and Relic Plastic. We hope this inspires you too to create something valuable from waste. It's not easier or cheaper than using new plastic, but it was an easy choice for us.
This brewer is made of food-safe polycarbonate to optimize thermal stability. It is truly unique. The first versions of OREA (V1 and V2 MK1) were delivered in an attractive matte black finish (albeit from a different material). Since then we have gone in different directions - from silver to transparent, shiny black, icy, frosty to snow. Sometimes it was our choice, sometimes it was bad luck - but so far we've loved every variant of the V3. When we encountered problems with the production of the clear V3, we decided to go back to basics and switch to matte finishes and launch a black matte version as a return to where we started. It just seemed like the right move! For lovers of coffee accessories and coffee, this product is the perfect combination of design, material and functionality.
Our first usable V3 samples were created by milling solid blocks of black food-grade polycarbonate, which we finished to a matte finish for Matteo D'Ottavio, Great Britain's Brewers Cup Champion.
Why polycarbonate? We chose polycarbonate mainly because it has very poor thermal conductivity, which leads to excellent thermal stability inside the brewer. This allowed Matteo to start making coffee without preheating, giving him much more control over the temperature. The thick walls of the V3 also contribute to thermal stability as they are 3 mm thick. Polycarbonate is also very bad at radiating heat out (to the air around it), so the walls become very insulating during cooking.
The result is a precise brewer with excellent thermal properties, a luxurious feel and a soft matte finish.