Abstract: A one-cup coffee brewing apparatus having a hot water container member unit and a drinking vessel unit. The hot water container member has a tubular side wall having an open top end and a closed bottom end to form a hot water chamber. The drinking vessel unit has a cup member having an inner tubular side wall which has an open top end and a bottom end closed by a water permeable member. A coffee grounds holder is removably secured to the bottom end of the tubular side wall of the cup member and it has a chamber therein for receiving coffee grounds. The bottom wall of the coffee grounds holder unit has a water permeable member.