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US 12,478,076 B2Granted
Coffee composition and items made therefrom
AssigneeThe Folger Coffee Company
InventorsSteven G. Fishter, Stephen J. Westerkamp, Jennifer Marie Sabo, Tracy May Adair, Jessalin Anise Howell, Michael Joe Steven Vaughan
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Abstract
A structured coffee composition and to various items made using such coffee composition are provided. The structured coffee composition is suitable for use in one or more of automatic drip coffee makers, single serving coffee makers, percolating coffee makers, moka pot coffee makers, French press coffee makers, vacuum coffee makers, expresso coffee makers, thermal coffee makers, or any combination of two or more thereof.
Claims25
A structured coffee composition comprising:
- a plurality of ground roast coffee particles that each include an outer surface;
- a matrix of a first coffee extract that includes coffee solids from instant coffee and a second coffee extract that includes coffee solids, wherein the second coffee extract is extracted from the plurality of ground roast coffee particles;
- and wherein the matrix is on the outer surface of the ground roast coffee particles and binds the plurality of ground roast coffee particles together to form a compacted structure compacted to a compaction of 60% to 70%;
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- a filter paper pod encasing the compacted structure;
- wherein a weight percent of the plurality of ground roast coffee particles is in the range of 65 wt % to 90 wt % based on of the total weight of the ground roast coffee particles and the coffee solids of the first coffee extract, and
- a weight percent of the first coffee extract is in the range of 10 wt % to 35 wt % based on the total weight of ground roast coffee particles and the coffee solids of the first coffee extract;
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- wherein the structured coffee composition has a hardness of from 21.3 N to 61.7 N over an axial direction of the structured coffee composition, a friability of 50% to 100%, and a water activity of 0.35 to 0.42;
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- wherein the structured coffee composition has a structural configuration like one of a cylinder, cube, cuboid, sphere, pellet, ellipsoid, triangular pyramid, hexagonal prism, truncated triangular pyramid, truncated square pyramid, hexagonal pyramid, truncated hexagonal pyramid, cone, truncated cone, diamond, a three dimensional shape with an oval-shaped face, a three dimensional shape with heart-shaped face, a three dimensional shape with triangle-shaped face, pillow shape, generally cylindrical shape, concave shape, convex shape, a shape with ridges, a shape with bumps, a shape with surface scoring, a shape with embossments, and a shape with a rounded face.
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A structured coffee composition comprising:
- a plurality of ground roast coffee particles that each include an outer surface;
- a matrix of a first coffee extract that includes coffee solids from instant coffee and a second coffee extract that includes coffee solids, wherein the second coffee extract is extracted from the plurality of ground roast coffee particles;
- and wherein the matrix is on the outer surface of the ground roast coffee particles and binds the plurality of ground roast coffee particles together to form a compacted structure compacted to a compaction of 60% to 70%;
- a filter paper pod encasing the compacted structure;
- wherein a weight percent of the plurality of ground roast coffee particles is in the range of 65 wt % to 90 wt % based on the total weight of the ground roast coffee particles and the coffee solids of the first coffee extract, and
- a weight percent of the first coffee extract is in the range of 17.5 wt % to 35 wt % based on the total weight of ground roast coffee particles and the coffee solids of the first coffee extract.
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