Abstract: An immersion brewing device and method of using same are disclosed. The brewing device comprises a body, a lid, a basket contained within the body, a pull-up means for creating vacuum pressure within the body, an agitator coupled to the pull-up means and detachably coupled to the basket, and a locking means for locking the agitator to the pull-up means. The pull-up means comprises a main shaft having a top and an opposing bottom, a spinner cap disposed about the top of the main shaft, and a wingnut rotatably disposed about the main shaft. The agitator comprises one or more flat blades angled to create a helicopter-blade-like-movement. The locking means comprises a detent and a detent channel adapted to receive the detent, wherein the detent is disposed about one end of each blade, and wherein the detent channel is cut into the basket.