Controlled system for brewing infused beverages

A controlled system for brewing infused beverages comprising:

• an infused beverage brewing assembly:
• with a brewing chamber operably configured to house a solute;
• with at least one solute scale operably coupled thereto and operably configured to measure a weight of the solute housed in the brewing chamber thereon;
• with at least one infusion scale operably coupled to the infused beverage brewing assembly and operably configured to measure a weight of a dispensed infused solution mass of an infused solution generated by a flow of solvent through the solute housed in the brewing chamber;
• operably configured to receive infusion beverage parameters that include a desired solute to solution ratio, corresponding to a measured weight of the solute housed in the brewing chamber by the at least one solute scale and a total weight of the dispensed infused solution mass, respectively, and a total infusion time utilized in an infusion algorithm stored on a memory communicatively coupled to a processor housed by the infused beverage brewing assembly, the infusion algorithm generating a solvent flow rate change that is a function of the desired solute to solution ratio and the total infusion time;
• a solvent flow management system having a pump operably configured, based on the infusion algorithm, to induce the flow of a solvent, through the solute housed in the brewing chamber of the infused beverage brewing assembly to generate, through an infusion process, and the infused solution, the brewing chamber and the pump fluidly coupled through a solvent-flow conduit;
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• an electronic controller communicatively coupled to the solvent flow management system and operably configured, through the processor, to:
• initiate a time counter associated with the inducement of the flow of the solvent to generate a running infusion time, the running infusion time including a first portion beginning with the inducement of the flow of the solvent and ending with a triggering condition and a second portion beginning with the triggering condition;
• generate, in the second portion and dynamically, a remaining infusion time and the dispensed infused solution mass measured by the at least one infusion scale;
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• execute the infusion algorithm to generate a solvent flow rate change, with the solvent flow management system, sufficient to provide the desired solute to solution ratio in the remaining infusion time based on the running infusion time.

A method for controlling an infused beverage brewing cycle including the steps of:

• receiving infusion beverage parameters that include a desired dispensed infused solution mass and a total infusion time utilized in an infusion algorithm stored on a memory communicatively coupled to a processor housed by an infused beverage brewing assembly;
• inducing, with an electronic control system, a flow of a solvent through a solvent-flow conduit through a solute housed in a brewing chamber of the infused beverage brewing assembly to generate an infusion process, an actual infusion pressure, and an infused solution;
• initiating a time counter associated with inducing the flow of the solvent through the solvent-flow conduit to generate a running infusion time, the running infusion time including a first portion beginning with the inducement of the flow of the solvent and ending with a triggering condition and a second portion beginning with the triggering condition;
• dynamically generating, in the second portion of the infusion process, a remaining infusion time and a remaining dispensed infused solution mass;
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• executing the infusion algorithm, with the processor, after the initiation of the time counter, and in the second portion, to generate a solvent flow rate change sufficient to provide the remaining dispensed infused solution mass in the remaining infusion time based on the running infusion time, the desired dispensed infused solution mass, and the total infusion time.