Carbonated beverage nozzle for a beverage machine

A method of producing a carbonated beverage product with a beverage making machine, the method comprising:

• associating a cartridge with a cartridge holder of the beverage making machine, the cartridge containing a beverage making material used by the beverage making machine to form the carbonated beverage product, the carbonated beverage product having a target foam height in in a dispensed format;
• associating a nozzle with the cartridge holder, the nozzle configured for inducing the target foam height of the carbonated beverage product, and the nozzle including an engagement portion, a funnel portion, a dispense portion, and an alignment feature;
• the engagement portion configured for releasable attachment with the beverage making machine and defining a nozzle inlet adapted to receive the carbonated beverage product from the beverage making machine;
• the funnel portion extending elongated from the engagement portion and configured to converge a flow of the carbonated beverage product;
• the dispense portion defining a tubular section having a tubular section height and a tubular section width that is substantially constant along the tubular section height, and a nozzle outlet configured to establish a stream of the carbonated beverage product into a receptacle;
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• the alignment feature consisting of a triangular fin having a first linear contact surface extending parallel to a centerline of the nozzle along an exterior of the funnel portion from above the tubular section to the nozzle outlet and a second linear contact surface extending perpendicular to the centerline of the nozzle at the nozzle outlet and configured to define an offset between a wall of the receptacle and the stream of the carbonated beverage product;
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• associating a receptacle with the nozzle, the receptacle being adapted to receive the stream of the carbonated beverage product for presenting the carbonated beverage product in the dispensed format.