Spitball Rumble
All ideas

Steep

originally “Keurig for Tea

Hardware Top pick
The pitch · 100 seconds

Tea people know the dirty secret: it's not the leaves that ruin a cup, it's the timing. Leave the tea in two minutes too long and the world's nicest oolong turns into bitter regret. Every mug becomes a babysitting job. Steep is the machine that knows when to pull the tea. Real loose leaf — no pods, no waste. It heats the water to the exact temperature for your tea, steeps for exactly the right time, and then lifts the leaves out automatically. That's the whole magic: the removal. Walk away, come back, perfect cup — every time, like a proper tea house on your counter. Keurig proved people will pay for a machine that removes thinking from a hot drink. Coffee got all the machines; tea got a sad kettle and a timer app. The second-most-popular drink on Earth deserves better hardware.

In a nutshell
Real loose leaf — no pods, no waste
Exact temperature for each tea
Lifts the leaves out at exactly the right moment
Never bitter, never babysat — a tea house on your counter
Why it could win

For tea drinkers burned by bitter cups: a perfect hands-off steep every time — no pods, no babysitting the mug.

Would you back this?

Thumbs count toward the board.

Your notes · 0

Private to you — only you (and Russ) can read what you write here.

No notes yet — jot a private thought on this idea.