The base of the Viridian teakettle looks like a slab of dark coral stone but is in fact the machinery of the kettle that brews the tea. To brew a cup of tea, one fills one of the detachable mugs or jugs that come with the machine with fresh water and place it on the slab. How the water is then drained through the bottom of the jug is a mystery that we needn't dwell too much upon, it just happens, probably through some kind of chemosmosis. Once in the slab, the water molecules are heated by the complex molecular machineries of a clan of thermophiles (bacteria that thrive on heat) that lives in the agar-lined caverns inside. When the tea is ready it's filtered back to the waiting cup. The tightly held cup is now released and the human operator can have his treat as well as the bacteria that get to feast on the waste tea leaves and store up on energy for the next batch. The process isn't completely self-contained and needs some external energy source as well as an occasional sugar water or papier maché run to revitalize the system.
designed by joel westerberg