Coffee machine having a brewing device and having a coffee post-heater arranged downstream of the brewing device

A method for brewing and dispensing a coffee beverage by means of a coffee machine for preparing a brewed coffee beverage and for dispensing the brewed coffee beverage via at least one coffee outlet, wherein the coffee machine comprises:

• a brewing device for preparing the brewed coffee beverage by brewing a predefined amount of coffee in pressurized brewing water, said brewing device comprises a brewing unit having a brewing chamber for accommodating the predefined amount of coffee, a brewing water supply line, which is connected to the brewing unit and which opens into the brewing chamber, for feeding the brewing water into the brewing chamber, and a device for introducing the brewing water into the brewing chamber,
• said device for introducing the brewing water is designed to introduce the brewing water into the brewing chamber under pressure through the brewing water supply line,
• wherein the brewing chamber comprises an outlet for the brewed coffee beverage, and the brewing device comprises a coffee dispensing line, said coffee dispensing line forms a continuous fluid connection for the brewed coffee beverage between the outlet of the brewing chamber and the coffee outlet,
• wherein the coffee dispensing line comprises a first end, which is connected to the outlet of the brewing chamber, and which comprises an inlet for accommodating the brewed coffee beverage, which is in fluid connection with the outlet of the brewing chamber, and comprises a second end, which comprises an outlet, which is in fluid connection with the coffee outlet, for dispensing. the brewed coffee beverage,
• wherein the brewing device comprises a coffee post-heater for post-heating the respective brewed coffee beverage in the coffee dispensing line, wherein the coffee post-heater is arranged between the outlet of the brewing chamber and the coffee outlet, and is designed as a flow-through heater for heating the brewed coffee beverage while the brewed coffee beverage flows through the coffee dispensing line,
• said method comprising:
• a) the brewing unit is put into a brew-ready state;
• b) brewing water heated to brewing temperature is fed to the brewing water inlet of the brewing unit through the brewing water supply line;
• c) a coffee beverage is brewed in the brewing unit;
• d) the brewed coffee beverage is dispensed into the coffee dispensing line, so that the coffee beverage flows through the coffee dispensing line;
• and
• e) the coffee post-heater is started up and heats the coffee beverage, which flows through the coffee dispensing line.