Thank you!

In the end we hit $21,218—double our goal. More importantly we have 258 people who believed in this project, and wanted to have the Pitcher in their life. I genuinely appreciate you.

You unlocked two stretch goals; everyone will be receiving a sticker pack and their choice of coffee or tea. You'll get to select your coffee/tea in a few months when I send the shipping survey.

If you know anyone who missed it—they can pre-order here.

To celebrate, I'm having an open studio this Sunday.

Come see the new Slow System Pitcher prototypes in action brewing Ceramic Coffee (a fresh new Chicago micro-roaster), munch on some amazing baked goodies from Del Sur Bakery (a small batch Filipino-inspired bakery, as seen at local fave Side Practice Coffee), and play a round of ping pong in the Manual studio. If you're in Chicago, I'd love to see you!

More info is available here.

What comes next?

For those of you that have backed a crowdfunding campaign before, you know the basics:

Your credit card will be charged in the next 48 hours (If it fails, you'll have a week or so to fix it)
I'll submit my purchase order with my manufacturer
They will produce a final "production sample" for me to approve
If all goes to plan, December to January is when manufacturing of the pitchers will happen
If we can get manufacturing done before Chinese New Year (when all factories close for 4-6 weeks) then the products will be in transit roughly from February-March.
Somewhere in March I'll likely send the Backerkit survey—this is how I will get your shipping address, you'll pay for shipping (or select local Chicago pick up at my storefront studio) and you'll be able to add on any other things you'd like to purchase.
If all the previous phases go to plan then shipping and local pick up will happen in April/May 2024.

If you have any questions, please comment below or send me an email. I hope you're as excited as I am!

Sincere thanks,
Craighton
www.manual.is

Can you swing by the Manual Open Studio this Sunday Nov 12, 11-3 in Chicago?

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