Abstract: A brewing apparatus including a cup and a pair of rings sized to telescope with respect to one another and sized to telescope as a combination over the lower end of the cup; each of the rings has a shoulder to mate with one another when in telescoping relation with one another, the shoulders of each being adjacent one end for captivating a filter paper between the rings in spanning relation thereof which filter paper is adapted to be formed and shaped about the exterior of the cup to generally match the configuration and size of the cup, so that, after the rings and the form and shaped paper captivated by them are removed from the exterior of the cup, and inserted into the cup with the filter paper depending within the cup, there is a brewing chamber formed, each of the rings may include a radially outwardly extending portion to engage the mouth of the cup to limit penetration of the formed filter within the cup during the brewing operation; and the exterior of the cup is provided with an abutment surface to