Abstract: Apparatus for obtaining strong aromatic coffee having a scalding chamber within a cylinder for receiving coffee powder between separately controlled upper and lower pistons, a hydraulic piston for causing the upper piston to close the scalding chamber, a passage for introducing hot water into the closed chamber through the upper piston so as to cause the coffee powder to swell-up, a separate hydraulic piston for causing the lower piston to compress the swollen coffee, and a passage for draining off the coffee so formed through the lower piston.