I make no apologies for coveting the fancy halogen heaters people are using for their syphon bars around the world. Frustratingly they all seem to be weird voltages – 110v – and thus useless to me.
Anette had an old 1000W photography lamp around – I’ve used it in the past for high speed espresso droplet shots – and I’ve noticed it gets quite hot. My inner child suggested I should use it to make a vacpot. So I did.