Method for preparing a beverage from a capsule
AssigneeNestec S.A.
InventorMatthieu Ozanne
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Abstract
A method for preparing a beverage through a capsule (2) inserted in a beverage machine; the capsule comprising an enclosure (20) containing one or more beverage ingredients, wherein a brewing fluid is introduced in the enclosure to brew the said one or more beverage ingredients, wherein a brewed liquid is filtered by a filtering wall (22) and delivered from the capsule, wherein the filtering wall extends from substantially the bottom of the enclosure and said filtering wall is associated to an overflow wall (3) that forces the brewed liquid to traverse at least one overflow aperture (25). The method is particularly suitable for brewing a tea containing capsule.
Claims24
A method for preparing a beverage using a capsule inserted in a beverage machine:
- comprising the steps of using a capsule comprising an enclosure containing one or more beverage ingredients,
- introducing a brewing fluid into the enclosure to brew the beverage ingredients,
- filtering a brewed liquid by a filtering means and delivering the brewed liquid from the capsule,
- wherein an overflow wall is placed in association with the filtering means and the filtered liquid traversing the filtering wall is forced to pass at least one overflow aperture of the overflow wall and that the overflow aperture is situated above a median horizontal plane of the enclosure.
A beverage capsule system for preparing a beverage comprising:
- a beverage capsule comprising an enclosure containing one or more beverage ingredients,
- a brewing device comprising capsule handling members that maintain the capsule in a determined brewing position,
- a filtering wall is provided to filter the brewed liquid that exits the enclosure, and
- an overflow wall is positioned in association with the filtering wall and a filtered liquid traversing the filtering wall is forced to pass at least one overflow aperture of the overflow wall.
A method for preparing a beverage comprising the steps of:
- inserting in a beverage machine;
- a capsule comprising an enclosure containing one or more beverage ingredients;
- introducing a brewing fluid into the enclosure;
- filtering a brewed liquid;
- and
- causing a filtered brewed liquid to pass at least one overflow aperture of an overflow wall, the one overflow aperture is situated above a median horizontal plane of the enclosure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.