A device for creating infused beverages that includes a solvent flow management system with a pump body with a pump bore defining a pump interior volume, a piston disposed within the pump interior volume and in a fluidically sealed configuration with the pump bore, and a pump drive system operably coupled to the piston to generate a piston translation path. The device also includes a solvent-flow conduit in fluid communication with the pump interior volume and a brewing chamber and an outlet for discharging an infused solution or receiving a flow of fluid. The pump drive system is operably configured to selectively drive the piston along the piston translation path to selectively induce a flow of a solvent between the brewing chamber and pump interior volume in both a forward direction and a reverse direction.