This is a very nice looking coffee maker, it looks quality. It reeks coffee fanatic if anyone sees it in your house lol. The box, was about 16" long, by 6" wide x5", which I thought was a little small, I thought this thing was going to be huge for a 5 cup, but it's not that huge. It's a perfect size. It comes with everything you see in the picture. It is Japanese made, so it has Japanese writing on the box, but one thing good is it has English as well. I think I seen Chinese, Korean, and Spanish on the instructions as well. It comes with a small denatured alcohol burner, but you'd need to buy some denatured alcohol, I bought some here, green denatured alcohol http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001FOSX9U?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00 it's about 7.98, not bad. It has a plastic measuring, stirring spoon inside too. Guess I didn't need the hario wood stirrer but it was only 5.98. The whole setup looks quality and feels sturdy. That top lid becomes the stand for the top part once the coffee is done and you pull off the top. The strainer comes with one of the cloth filters already attached. They are 7.30 for 5 filters, http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000IGOTW6?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00 but I read you can keep washing them and re-use them, so it'll be interesting to see how many servings each filter lasts. I seen this siphon type coffee maker at a shop in Japan, and always wanted one, and now they're here at a decent price, so it's pretty nice to have. Don't know why someone doesn't just make an electronic version of this with a built in electric heater of some sort and a gold filter, I should just design one with a computer ic that controls the timing and light that tells you when to add the coffee. Seems pretty simple. Ahh, that would take the fun away, this is way cool with the alcohol burner. Anyways, can't wait to try it. Will leave comments after I make a cup tomorrow, I think my order of denatured alcohol is coming, but for now, the quality and completeness of the kit are 5 star, and the one day prime shipping was awesome.Update:Ok, so amazon sent me laquer thinner instead of denatured alcohol, please do not use lacquer thinner, it has all kinds of toxic things like acetone, so be careful, it had an amazon bar code of denatured alcohol, but the product was lacquer thinner. Anyways, i ended up getting this burner. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00VLADUQ4?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00 it was only 35 dollars and shipped in one day, awesome. I just tried it now, the burner clicks on, had a full tank of butane as well. I had the flame low, so it took longer to boil, but i made coffee with about the same amount i normally do. I used three of the hario scoop spoon it says 9gm per scoop, but i put 3 full scoops for the 5 cups and the coffee was nice and rich. I let the water come up as much as it could, then stirred it just till it incorporated, waited the 70 seconds with burner under, then removed the burner, held a slightly warm wet towel under the bottom glass, i was scared to use a cold wet towel even though it's pyrex, but it was cool enough to start drawing the liquid back down. This is a great cup of coffee, and yeah, it's a little more work, now i have to wash the cloth filter and rinse the two bowls carefully as one person stated, it's easy to drop these things, so be careful. But it's great, i love it. I don't mind the extra time, it's actually fun to watch and make, and the coffee is delicous. Oh and last thing, i just straightened the top, i didn't push down on it, it pretty much seals itself once it's straight, and after the coffee was done, i just pushed it a little to one side and turned it at the same time, the top glass was cool aready so easy to handle and it just popped off. Didn't take a whole lot of strength, so just put the top on gently, no need to push it on there.