THE TULIP 🌷 - A FOLDING TOOL

When we first opened up the files of the Negotiator with the wider world, we imagined that other product people would contribute to the project and build awesome tools around it. Unfortunately, it just resulted in others making their own clone of the tool itself, rather than adding to the ecosystem, but we did not stop opening our files as we made new versions regardless. Four years on, we have a first contribution that inspired the Tulip - as a paper folding guide that was first created by Lin from GX in Taiwan. We have adapted those ideas to make the Tulip - which is shared as a printable on our website's Printables section. Feel free to download and print this for home use or for friends. 

HOW IT WORKS

The experience is a little magical, as you would not expect this to work so well. But it does - every single time. 

1. Place the flat paper filter on top of the tulip and make sure it's centred 

2 Simply press down with the negotiator into the tulip

At this stage, you will see that the perfect 4 sided shape is formed, which serves as a perfect guide to fold your paper. 

3. Fold the protruding sides over onto the wall of the tulip

4. Once folded flat, pull the paper and negotiator out, together 

5. Transfer the paper into the brewer and press down with the Negotiator 

6. Pour some water into the Negotiator to wet and sit the paper 

7. Gently rotate the Negotiator and remove it from the brewer - you will be left with a perfectly folded and moulded filter inside your brewer

And now it's time to brew! What is even cooler is that the Tulip is also a really nice stand for the Negotiator, and a pretty fun fidget tool as you can spin the Negotiator inside. We think it's an awesome extension to have if you ever struggled to fold the flat papers, as while we listed 7 steps to how it works, it really takes just 5-10 seconds in total to get set up. Press - Fold over - Remove - Insert - Pre-Wet ✅

COMPATIBILITY

The tulip is compatible with all of our NARROW shaped Negotiators (like the old V3 Negotiator, or the 3D printed V4 Negotiator, and the new NEO Negotiator). 

ORIGIN

The TULIP is made in London, UK from an ECO-PLA (this item is 3D Printed)