Olla coffee dripper in dark terracotta: a tall speckled cylinder with a shallow conical filter holder resting on top.

Olla Coffee Maker

2018

Personal Project

This project started with a current obsession I have with coffee. OLLA (from the Mexican drink “Café de olla”) is an attempt to create beautiful coffee makers, made with noble materials and processes that add soul to a very special moment of the day: the brewing process of a cup of coffee.

Olla coffee dripper in dark terracotta, shown straight on, with a soft shadow to the right.

Closer, slightly higher view of the dark terracotta Olla, showing its speckled surface and the filter holder seated in the opening.

Design process from above: a sketchbook page of dripper sketches, a white model of the cylinder with cone tops, two grey stones and a few coffee beans.

White prototype parts for the dripper: a cylinder holding a thin rod topped with a ribbed disc, a spool-shaped cone and a folded paper filter.