Beverage making apparatus
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Abstract
An beverage making apparatus making including a fluid compartment (20), a beverage compartment (40), beverage processing means (51), heating means (30) and heating power control means (32), said beverage processing means (51) interconnecting said fluid compartment and said beverage compartment so that said fluid compartment and said beverage compartment being communicable via said beverage processing means, said heating means being adapted for heating said fluid compartment so that steam generated in said fluid compartment will force fluid to move from said fluid compartment to said beverage compartment via said beverage processing means, wherein the heating power of said heating means being user controllable.
Claims22
A beverage making apparatus including a fluid compartment, a beverage compartment, beverage processing means, heating means and user controllable heating power control means, said fluid compartment and said beverage compartment being communicable via said beverage processing means, said heating means being adapted for heating fluid inside said fluid compartment so that, when in use, steam generated in said fluid compartment will force fluid to move from said fluid compartment to said beverage compartment via said beverage processing means, characterised in that, the flavour of beverages made by said apparatus being controllable by varying the rate of steam production in said fluid compartment through varying the heating power output of said heating means via said user controllable heating power control means on said apparatus.
An apparatus for making beverages including:
- a main container including a top portion, a bottom portion and a peripheral wall interconnecting said top and bottom portions;
- a beverage processing module including a receptacle for receiving beverage making substances, partitioning means separating said main container into a fluid compartment and a beverage compartment, a first fluid guiding means for guiding fluid to move from said first fluid movement to said receptacle, a second fluid guiding means for guiding fluid to move from said receptacle to said beverage compartment, said fluid compartment being defined between said partitioning means and said bottom portion of said main container, said beverage compartment being defined between said partitioning means and said top portion of said main container, said fluid compartment and said beverage compartment being generally not communicable except through said receptacle, and said partitioning means being slidably movable inside said main container and along said peripheral wall, and
- Electrical heating means for heating said fluid compartment.
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