Soluble black coffee
OwnerPeter Gaskell Fairhurst, David Philippe Labbe +1inventors
InventorsPeter Gaskell Fairhurst, David Philippe Labbe, Geraldine Ortega
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method of improving acceptability of black coffee with young people. The method includes incorporating a plant flavor which is complementary to the coffee taste in an un-whitened soluble coffee powder and to the resulting product made by the method. In one embodiment, the soluble coffee beverage includes a plant flavor that initially provides a tea taste, but which subsequently gives away to a coffee taste in the mouth during consumption. The invention also relates to a coffee concentrate of this soluble coffee powder, and to coffee drinks or beverages made from same.
Claims30
A method of improving acceptability of black coffee with young people, which method comprises incorporating in an un-whitened soluble coffee powder a plant flavor which has a taste that is complementary to that of coffee so that a coffee drink prepared from the powder has a taste that is more palatable to young people compared to a coffee drink that does not contain the plant flavor.
A black soluble coffee powder with improved acceptability to young people comprising a soluble coffee powder that includes a plant flavor which has a taste that is complementary to that of coffee so that a coffee drink prepared from the powder has a taste that is more palatable to young people compared to a coffee drink that does not contain the plant flavor.
The black soluble coffee powder according to claim 19, further comprising a sweet taste perceptible amount of a soluble sweetener.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.