Brewed beverages and methods for producing same
OwnerCharles D. MacPhersoninventor
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Abstract
A brewed beverage product is provided that, in some embodiments, may comprise an oxygen permeable container containing a frozen deoxygenated brewed beverage, the frozen deoxygenated brewed beverage including a coffee or tea based beverage or concentrate having been its dissolved oxygen content reduced to less than 2.0 parts per million (ppm) in order to reduce oxidation of coffee or tea-based flavor compounds in the degassed coffee or tea based beverage or concentrate. The frozen deoxygenated brewed beverage may further have an exterior surface formed from a frozen deoxygenated liquid so as to be substantially void-free in order to limit the ingress of oxygen into the frozen deoxygenated brewed beverage.
Claims20
A brewed beverage product comprising:
- an oxygen permeable container containing a frozen deoxygenated brewed beverage, the frozen deoxygenated brewed beverage including a degassed coffee or tea based beverage or concentrate having dissolved oxygen physically removed from the degassed coffee or tea based beverage or concentrate to reduce its dissolved oxygen content to less than 2.0 parts per million (ppm) present in the degassed coffee or tea based beverage or concentrate;
- wherein the frozen deoxygenated brewed beverage has an exterior surface formed from a frozen deoxygenated liquid so as to be substantially void-free in order to limit the ingress of oxygen into the frozen deoxygenated brewed beverage and to substantially restrict reactions involving oxygen to the exterior surface of the frozen deoxygenated brewed beverage while the frozen deoxygenated brewed beverage remains frozen.
A brewed beverage product comprising:
- a microwaveable container made of an oxygen-permeable material;
- wherein the microwaveable container contains a degassed frozen solution having dissolved oxygen physically removed from the degassed frozen solution to reduce its dissolved oxygen content to less than 2.0 parts per million (ppm) present in the degassed frozen solution;
- wherein the degassed frozen solution has an exterior surface that is substantially free of voids, the substantially void-free exterior surface being formed so as to limit oxygen from diffusing into the degassed frozen solution while it remains frozen.
A brewed beverage product comprising:
- a) a degassed frozen brewed beverage that has a dissolved oxygen content of 2 ppm or less;
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- b) an oxygen permeable container or packaging containing the degassed frozen brewed beverage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.