--- description: Um, yes please title: This Alarm Clock Wakes You Up by Brewing a Fresh Cup of Coffee image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt90f3d54c7bbae8c4/69869e1ed0b6f245623058a5/200279513-001.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Alarm Clock Wakes You Up by Brewing a Fresh Cup of Coffee by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 1, 2014 7:53 PM CUT  Cup of steaming coffee Cup of steaming coffeeGetty Images by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 1, 2014 7:53 PM CUT Wouldn’t you hate your alarm clock so much less if it woke you up with a steaming hot cup of joe? Like, you’d still hate it a _little_, because waking up is the worst, but you’d have fresh-brewed coffee waiting for you inches from your face! That’s the idea behind Barisieur, an alarm clock/coffee brewer hybrid engineered by London-based industrial designer [Josh Renouf](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4amanPDo2s "undefined"). The base is just an average digital alarm clock — but the important part is what’s resting on top. It looks like a mini version of those chemistry sets nerds play with in movies — you know, when they’re doing “experiments” in their bedrooms instead of developing social skills or whatever. Anyway, here’s how it works, [according to](http://www.psfk.com/2014/07/alarm-clock-doubles-coffee-brewer.html#!bsYioO "undefined") PSFK: --- > “” --- Renouf is now in the process of developing the Barisieur for commercial use. The estimated retail price is between £150 and £250 (or around $250 to $420). So basically, this thing wakes you up with the gentle sounds of metal clinking against glass paired with the aroma of coffee. It’s trying to ease you into a state of awakeness rather than aggressively force you into it like most alarms. Plus, it’s a very safe way to wake up to a nice smell. Remember that time on _The Office_ when Michael burned his food trying to wake up to the [smell of crackling bacon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4amanPDo2s "undefined")? ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3069912/barisieur-coffee-alarm-clock/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3069912/barisieur-coffee-alarm-clock/"},"headline":"This Alarm Clock Wakes You Up by Brewing a Fresh Cup of Coffee","datePublished":"2014-08-01T19:53:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:12:06.401Z","description":"Um, yes please","url":"https://time.com/3069912/barisieur-coffee-alarm-clock/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Technology","Coffee","Sleeping"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt90f3d54c7bbae8c4/69869e1ed0b6f245623058a5/200279513-001.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt90f3d54c7bbae8c4/69869e1ed0b6f245623058a5/200279513-001.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"steaming coffee","caption":"steaming coffee","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3069912/barisieur-coffee-alarm-clock/","name":"This Alarm Clock Wakes You Up by Brewing a Fresh Cup of Coffee"}}]}] ```