Bripe | A unique way to get your caffeine fix

Flashback a few years to Outdoor Retailer Summer Market when two military veterans walk into a massive convention center in Salt Lake City for the first time. Once we pick up our media credentials and shuffle into the overwhelming mass of vendors, manufacturers, buyers and the like. One of our first memorable experiences is observing a group of attendees smoking an unknown substance through a unique looking copper pipe. Without much thought, we push past this unusual ceremony. It’s Outdoor Retailer after all. By the end of the four-day convention, I receive a “wrap up” email from Outdoor Retailer announcing the Bripe (coffee brew pipe) as the winner of an innovation award. Our interest was certainly peaked now.

We’ve attended SHOT Show for the past 4 years. A shooting sports convention we are very accustomed to. Outdoor Retailer, on the other hand, is a whole new experience for a pair of ground pounding Veterans. Way less testosterone and a generally friendlier crowd at OR. Manufacturers seem more willing to sit down and chat over coffee in the morning and whiskey or beer in the afternoon. As veterans, we have an indelible appreciation for these beverages. But a good cup of morning brew has been my SOP (standard operating procedure) for decades. In fact, my wife and I opened a drive-through coffee shop when we relocated from Washington to Michigan. Noticing a scary lack of caffeine purveyors in the Midwest

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Bripe Kit $89.00

The coffee brew pipe from Bripe is a very unique way to get that caffeine fix. The peculiar copper pipe is actually quite beautiful. As is the whole process. Albeit not the most convenient while at home. But it’s not designed for in-home use. It’s for the on-the-go or out in the wilderness brew. The $89.00 kit includes; a pipe, cooling stand, filter, thermometer, torch and coffee vile all fitting in a convenient case. Just add water and you have what’s needed for a strong kick-in-the-ass shot of coffee. The process of mixing the ingredients, heating, cooling and drinking is about 3-4 minutes realistically. So three and a half minutes longer than the average Keurig machine. But where is the fun in just pushing a button on a machine, right?