This Café Balāo coffee maker looks like a neat-ass home chemistry kit. It's easy to use, and wonderful to look at.

Designed by Portuguese design student Davide Mateus, the Café Balāo has two tiers, one for coffee and the other for water, each of which is made with reinforced glass. The ground coffee goes into the top bulb, and the bottom tier is filled with water. A submerged electric coil heats up and boils the water when the Balāo is plugged in.

Unfortunately, the Café Balāo isn't available for sale yet, but Mateus' functional prototype is being adapted to industrial production. He's currently seeking partners to make Café Balāo a mass-produced reality.