Patent It

The making of coffee, in the kitchen of the house that has been put at their disposal in Taupo, is a drawn-out, ceremonial process. The water is put into a coffee jug first; then the grounds are lowered in, gently and slowly.

‘It's the Gravitational Method, man,’ Jonathan says. ‘We're going to patent it.’

Riki watches in silence. After a while he says, very quietly, ‘I thought of that.’