Automatic coffeemaker process for preparing a cold brewed beverage
AssigneeSharkNinja Operating LLC
InventorsJoshua D. Anthony, Ethan T. Brown, Suzette Hammond, Chad P. Woodrow
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Abstract
A method of preparing a brewed beverage using a beverage brewing apparatus includes providing a flavorant, identifying a process cycle including one or more infusion cycles for preparing the brewed beverage, performing said one or more infusion cycles, wherein said performing of said one or more infusion cycles includes providing fluid to said flavorant, and varying a temperature of said fluid provided to said flavorant during a single infusion cycle of said one or more infusion cycles, or between a plurality of infusion cycles of said one or more infusion cycles.
Claims16
A beverage brewing apparatus, comprising:
- a housing;
- a user interface configured to provide one or more selections associated with at least one beverage;
- a reservoir configured to supply a fluid for brewing the at least one beverage;
- a brew basket releasably coupled to the housing and configured to receive the fluid and a flavorant of the beverage therein;
- a fluid delivery system fluidically coupled to the reservoir and comprising a flow meter operable to receive the fluid from the reservoir, and a pump operable to receive the fluid from the flow meter and to pump the fluid to a heater;
- a shower head positioned above the brew basket, the shower head fluidically coupled to the fluid delivery system and configured to provide the fluid to the brew basket, the shower head having a plurality of holes arranged in a pattern complementary to a cross-sectional shape of the brew basket;
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- a controller communicably coupled to the user interface, the flow meter, the pump, and the heater, the controller including a data processor and a memory storing executable instructions, which when executed cause the data processor to perform operations comprising:
- determining a brew cycle including at least one infusion cycle associated with preparation of the at least one beverage, the brew cycle determined based on a selection of a type of the at least one beverage received via the user interface, and
- performing the at least one infusion cycle to prepare the at least one beverage, wherein the at least one infusion cycle includes a plurality of sequential infusion cycles configured to blend a first amount of the fluid provided during a first infusion cycle with a second amount of the fluid provided during a second sequential infusion cycle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.