Beverage brewing system and method
AssigneeEnflite, Inc.
InventorsSteve Martin Rodriguez, Anthony John Merkel
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Abstract
Provided in some embodiments is a beverage brewing device that includes a housing and a fill-port located on front side of the housing. The fill-port includes an inlet that may accept a fluid supply container. Provided in some embodiments is a method of preparing a brewed beverage that includes coupling a fluid supply container to a fill-port located on a front side of a brewing device, routing a fluid contained in the fluid container from the fluid container to a heat-exchange device to heat the fluid, routing the heated fluid to a brewing container to brew the fluid, and routing the brewed fluid into a beverage container used for serving the brewed beverage.
Claims29
A beverage brewing device, comprising:
- a housing;
- and
- a fill-port located proximate a front side of the housing, wherein the fill-port comprises an inlet configured to accept to a fluid supply container.
A beverage brewing system, comprising:
- a rack comprising one or more modular slots configured for securing one or more modular devices;
- and
- a modular brewing device configured to fit within the rack, wherein the modular brewing device comprises:
- a housing configured to be secured within the rack, wherein a front face of the housing is substantially accessible by a user when then housing is secured within the rack;
- and
- a fill-port located on a front side of the housing, wherein the fill-port is substantially accessible when the housing is secured within the one or more modular slots, and wherein the fill-port comprises a inlet configured to accept a fluid supply container.
A method of preparing a brewed beverage, comprising:
- coupling a fluid supply container to a fill-poi-t located on front side of a brewing device;
- routing a fluid contained in the fluid container from the fluid container to a heat-exchange device to heat the fluid;
- routing the heated fluid to a brewing container to brew the fluid;
- and
- routing the brewed fluid into a beverage container used for serving the brewed beverage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.