Beverage composition useful in beverage capsules

A method of producing a coffee beverage in a beverage preparation apparatus, the method comprising:

• providing a beverage capsule containing a dried roast and ground coffee mixture prepared by a process comprising the steps of:
• roasting and grinding coffee beans into roast and ground coffee beans,
• extracting a portion of the roast and ground coffee beans with water at an extraction temperature below 60° C. to form a liquid extract, and drying the liquid extract to form a dried coffee extract,
• mixing a remainder of the roast and ground coffee beans with the dried coffee extract to form the dried roast and ground coffee mixture, and
• filling a chamber of the beverage capsule with the dried roast and ground coffee mixture;
• inserting the beverage capsule into the beverage preparation apparatus which is adapted to receive the beverage capsule;
• heating, by the beverage preparation apparatus, water;
• and
• injecting, by the beverage preparation apparatus, the water into the beverage capsule to form the coffee beverage,
• wherein the water is injected into the beverage capsule at an injection temperature between 2° C. and 30° C.