Brewing material container for a beverage brewer

A brewing material holder for use in a brewing chamber of a beverage brewer, comprising:

• a container;
• and
• a lid;
• wherein the container includes a sidewall, an open top end, a base, and a clearance area below the base providing space for an extraction nozzle of the beverage brewer;
• wherein the lid is configured to at least partially cover the open end of the container and includes a plurality of through-holes;
• wherein the brewing material holder includes a keying element to mate with a corresponding element of the brewing chamber to align placement of the container in the brewing chamber of the beverage brewer;
• wherein the keying element includes an ear arranged on the lid;
• and
• wherein the ear has a curved portion at an outer end of the ear.

A brewing material container for a beverage brewer, comprising:

• holding means for receiving and holding beverage brewing material, for placement in a brewing chamber of the beverage brewer, including a base, and a sidewall surrounding the base and terminating in an open upper end;
• and
• covering means for engaging with the open end of the sidewall to at least partially cover the open upper end;
• wherein the base is arranged in a raised position above a lower end of the sidewall for accommodating an outflow nozzle of the beverage brewer below the base;
• wherein the covering means includes a plurality of covering means through-holes configured to receive a corresponding respective plurality of injection nozzles of the beverage brewer;
• and
• wherein the brewing material container further includes keying means for mating with a corresponding element of the brewing chamber for aligning the covering means through-holes with the injection nozzles when the brewing material container is arranged in the brewing chamber.