Coulée Coffee Swirls Into Action with Pod-Free Single-Serve Machine

Images courtesy of Coulée Coffee

A new company out of Idaho called Coulée Coffee officially released its novel single-cup pourover brewing machine and compatible biodegradable filter packs.

Following a working prototype revealed at the 2023 SCA Expo in Portland, Oregon, the Coulée Coffee Swirl machine is now selling for $174.99 directly to consumers through the Ketchum-based company’s website.

Pre-filled, Swirl-compatible EcoPour packs, made from cardstock and a PLA filter mesh, are selling for $27.99 per box of 20, with discounts for subscriptions.

Swirl Brewer and EcoPour

The automatic Swirl brewer features a manually filled tank that leads to a stainless steel boiler, then to a 4-stream pourover nozzle. Water is set to heat at 205°F, with a built-in mechanism to self-adjust at higher elevation.

“Hot water only passes through stainless steel and copper, so there are no microplastics in the brew path and no plastic taste,” Coulée Coffee Co-Founder and CEO Ted Ayliffe told Daily Coffee News. “The Swirl system requires zero cleaning, aside from the occasional decalcification.”

Rather than move its spout to deliver an even spread of water onto the surface of a bed of ground coffee, the Swirl machine moves the coffee. A pair of arms that jut out like portafilter holders move the EcoPour filters in a circular motion during the pour.

EcoPour packs, which launched in March of this year and debuted publicly at the 2025 SCA Expo in Houston, are designed for seamless compatibility with the machine, but can also be placed directly on top of receptacles, such as travel mugs, for manual pourover brewing. In addition to selling boxes of filled EcoPours, Coulée is selling unfilled EcoPour packs in sets of 50 for $19.99.

For the filled, nitrogen-flushed packs, Sacramento-based Java City Coffee is roasting the coffee, with single-origin offerings from Mexico and Colombia, a decaf from Honduras and a dark-roasted Brazil and Honduras blend called Doc’s Blend.

Said Ayliffe, “The Coulée Coffee system is meant to adapt, so there are options for everyone.”

Making Coulée

Both Ayliffe and Coulée Coffee’s co-founder and chief product officer Gregory Dittami earned doctorate degrees in bioengineering from the University of Utah prior to digging into careers with bioresearch firm Orflo Technologies.

When they presented the first Coulée system in 2023, it featured a 2-stream spout, as well as a plumbed-in version called Swirl Plus envisioned for office or hospitality settings. The company says its first market-ready brewer, the Swirl, is suitable for both homes and hotels.

“Creating a remarkable in-room coffee experience is a huge part of Coulée Coffee’s overall objective,” said Ayliffe. “The ease of no plumbing required for our Swirl machines makes them easy to use and implement across destinations of any size. All a hotel guest needs to do is add fresh water for each cup.”

A second device that “will expand on the technology developed to date” is currently in the works, Ayliffe said, as is a second-generation version of the EcoPour packets, which will be made from a new paper pulp filter material and a patented paper tear-off top.

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