Beverage machine with an off-set actuator

A combination of a machine for preparing a beverage from a flavouring ingredient by mixing water with the flavouring ingredient by centrifugally driving the flavouring ingredient with the water, the machine comprising:

• a beverage processing unit formed of a first processing unit member and a second processing unit member that delimit a chamber and that are movable between a distant configuration in which the flavouring ingredient is received in the chamber and a proximate configuration in which the flavouring ingredient is held and mixed with the water in the chamber during beverage preparation;
• a water source for delivering the water towards the beverage processing unit;
• a water guide for guiding the water between the water source and the chamber;
• a support structure having a base that is stationary during beverage preparation, the beverage processing unit being rotatably mounted to the support structure about a processing unit axis;
• and
• an actuator supported by the support structure that has a driving output member rotating about an output axis, the driving output member being coupled to the beverage processing unit for driving the beverage processing unit in rotation to centrifugally drive the flavouring ingredient with the water in the chamber,
• wherein the driving output member of the actuator is coupled to the beverage processing unit by a transmission such that the output axis is off-set relative to the processing unit axis;
• and
• a flavouring ingredient for preparing the beverage from the flavouring ingredient in the machine.