Drinking coffee and enjoying a dab or a joint isn’t just a long-standing tradition — it’s a lifestyle.
There are few things more perfectly paired than the bean and the green, and if you’re going to be serious about your coffee, you’ll need a good setup. Whether you go for a shot of espresso or a 16-ounce pour-over, glass artist Etai Rahmil has designed a system that will make you the envy of your friends when they stop by.
Pure Over uses an all borosilicate glass top section that allows aromas and oils to pass through the filter holes into the coffee bed as the grounds create a compact layer that aids in the filtration.
Rahmil told the Leaf that he sees Pure Over as the perfect combo of pour-over and French press brewing methods. Draw out the nuances like a pour-over, but get the body and mouthfeel of immersion.
“That’s why I make one for myself every morning,” he said. “Nothing compares to it.”
The whole project started around the end of 2019, when Rahmil ran out of paper coffee filters in the glass studio. Instead of stopping to buy more, he and his shop mate decided to break the paper chain and spend a month designing an all-glass filter system to brew pour-over coffee. Now in 2026, this system, which they call Pure Over, has become a product used by 100,000 people worldwide.
By October 2020, they had launched a Kickstarter campaign that took off, and by April 2021, they had launched a website. Rahmil said that the third day of the Kickstarter was the first moment he knew this was more than just an idea. That first year, they sold over 10,000 units. With the growing discussion about microplastics and their long-term effects, Rahmil said there’s been renewed interest in finding products that won’t affect flavor or leave traces behind in our bodies.
Now, Pure Over has been featured by publications like Forbes, Oprah Daily and Bon Appétit and is carried in a large group of coffee shops. All of this has brought Rahmil further into his role as the head developer and designer for the company, while his childhood best friend, Nate Ebrahimoon, handles duties as CEO.
Rahmil said Ebrahimoon played a huge role in pushing him to envision Pure Over not just as a project from the glass shop or a possible side hustle, but a brewing method recognized across the globe.
“His vision made me push past what I thought it was or could be,” Rahmil said.
