Coffee preservation methods
OwnerFederico Bolanosinventor
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Abstract
A method for preserving green coffee beans by storing or packaging the beans in a nitrogen-filled low-oxygen-permeability container with at least one oxygen absorbent or scavenger. A method for preserving roasted coffee beans by storing or packaging the beans in a nitrogen-filled container that can withstand the pressure of the carbon dioxide gas released by the coffee beans after roasting, the pressurized container may include at least one oxygen absorbent or scavenger. And a method for establishing a vintage coffee system.
Claims44
A method for preserving green coffee beans comprising:
- flushing a low-oxygen permeability container with a gas, wherein the gas is an inert gas safe for food contact, wherein the gas minimally reacts with green coffee beans;
- including at least one oxygen absorbent in said container;
- filling said container with green coffee beans;
- and
- sealing said container.
A method for preserving green coffee beans comprising:
- flushing with a gas a low-oxygen permeability container having an oxygen absorbent membrane, wherein the gas is an inert gas safe for food contact and minimally reacts with green coffee beans;
- filling the low-oxygen permeability container with green coffee beans;
- and
- sealing the low-oxygen permeability container.
A method for preserving green coffee beans comprising:
- filling a low-oxygen permeability container with green coffee beans in a room filled with a gas other than oxygen, wherein the gas is an inert gas safe for food contact, wherein the gas minimally reacts with green coffee beans;
- and
- sealing the low-oxygen permeability container.
A method for preserving roasted coffee comprising:
- flushing with a gas a container that is configured to withstand pressure of carbon dioxide released from roasted coffee, wherein the gas is an inert gas safe for food contact, wherein the gas minimally reacts with roasted coffee;
- filling the container with roasted coffee;
- and
- sealing the container.
A method for preserving roasted coffee comprising:
- flushing a container that is configured to withstand pressure of carbon dioxide released from roasted coffee and that includes an oxygen absorbent membrane, with a gas, wherein the gas is an inert gas safe for food contact, wherein the gas minimally reacts with roasted coffee;
- filling the container with roasted coffee;
- and
- sealing the container.
A method for preserving roasted coffee beans comprising:
- filling a container that is configured to withstand pressure of carbon dioxide released from roasted coffee with roasted coffee in a room filled with a gas, wherein the gas is an inert gas safe for food contact, wherein the gas minimally reacts with roasted coffee bean;
- sealing the container.
A sealed container comprising:
- less than 1% oxygen;
- an oxygen-absorbent material;
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- coffee beans.
Coffee beans packaged in a sealed container, wherein the sealed container comprises:
- less than 1% of oxygen;
- and
- an oxygen-absorbent material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.