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US 2003/0209151 A1Published application
Apparatus for brewing a beverage
AssigneeUnilever Bestfoods N.A.
InventorsMauro Dominick Mordini, Michael Charles Cirigliano, Joseph Vaitkus
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Abstract
This invention is directed to an apparatus for brewing a beverage. The apparatus has a brew funnel with an elevation device that enables the end user to brew beverage, hot or cold, with a filter and loose beverage precursor and with beverage precursor packaged within a filter pack.
Claims19
A brew funnel, the brew funnel comprising:
- (a) a mouth suitable for receiving a filter and loose beverage precursor, and suitable for receiving beverage precursor with in a filter pack;
- (b) a floor, opposite the mouth, the floor having an aperture;
- (c) a surrounding wall having a top and bottom portion, the bottom portion being connected to the floor and the top portion forming the mouth of the brew funnel;
- and
- (d) an elevation device placed and supported therein
- wherein the brew funnel is suitable for use in a beverage brewing apparatus.
3 more elements
An apparatus for brewing beverage, the apparatus comprising:
- (a) a brew funnel comprising:
- (i) a mouth suitable for receiving a filter and loose beverage precursor, and suitable for receiving beverage precursor within a filter pack;
- (ii) a floor, opposite the mouth, the floor having an aperture;
- (iii) a surrounding wall having a top and bottom portion, the bottom portion being connected to the floor and the top portion forming the mouth of the brew funnel;
- and
- (iv) an elevation device placed and supported therein;
- (b) a water supply to supply water into the brew funnel;
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- (c) a receiving vessel placed under the aperture to capture beverage.
6 more elements
A kit for making a beverage, the kit comprising a brew funnel comprising:
- (a) a mouth suitable for receiving a filter and loose beverage precursor, and suitable for receiving beverage precursor within a filter pack;
- (b) a floor, opposite the mouth, the floor having an aperture;
- and
- (c) a surrounding wall having a top and bottom portion, the bottom portion being connected to the floor and the top portion forming the mouth of the brew funnel;
- and
- (d) an elevation device placed and supported therein;
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- (e) instructions to brew beverage with a filter and loose beverage precursor or beverage precursor within a filter pack wherein the brew funnel is suitable for use in a beverage brewing apparatus.
5 more elements
A method for making a beverage comprising the steps of:
- (a) contacting a beverage precursor with water;
- (b) recovering a beverage suitable for consumption
- wherein the beverage precursor is loose in a filter or packed in a filter pack that is placed in an elevation means that is supported within a brew funnel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.