Gallery: A $7,300 Steampunk Coffee Maker That Looks Like a Gothic Church

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    While the rest of the high brow coffee world becomes more and more minimal in design, Dutch Lab continues to release ornate slow drip coffee machines, like the Art Nouveau model seen here.
  • The South Korean studio's latest release is the Gothicism a coffee maker with spires and rose windows.
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    The South Korean studio's latest release is the Gothicism, a coffee maker with spires and rose windows.
  • It's an intricate lasercut shrine dedicated to the art of slow drip cold brew.
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    It's an intricate laser-cut shrine dedicated to the art of slow drip cold brew.
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    Because the Gothicism is for slow drip cold brew, it's analog.
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    It has brass needle valves, and borosilicate glass tubes that can brew three one-liter pots of cold brew at the same time.
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    Dutch Lab's exquisite pieces have show at museums. At a Seoul show is a custom printed coffee maker, and the Eiffel Tower-inspired coffee maker, in the back.
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    The skeleton of many Dutch Lab designs, the more pared down Steampunk machine is seen here.
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