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AssigneeKraft Foods R & D, Inc.
InventorsIan Denis Fisk, Ayse Tulay Massey, Nick Andrew Hansen
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The present invention relates to improvements in the preparation of beverages and, in particular, to an improved cartridge for preparing beverages in brewing machines. The cartridges can also be used for preparing liquid food products. The cartridge comprises a continuous elongate tubular chamber containing the at least one ingredient providing a fluid flow path linking an inlet for the introduction of the liquid at one end of the chamber to an outlet for discharge of the beverage or food product at an opposite end of the chamber. The chamber has an internal width to length ratio in the range of 1:4 to 1:200.
A cartridge for use in a machine for preparing a beverage or food product from at least one ingredient and a liquid, said cartridge comprising a continuous elongate tubular chamber containing the at least one ingredient providing a fluid flow path linking an inlet for the introduction of the liquid at one end of the chamber to an outlet for discharge of the beverage or food product at an opposite end of the chamber, wherein the chamber has an internal width to length ratio in the range of 1:4 to 1:200.
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