Apparatus for dispensing beverages

A platform for supporting a beverage container such that a beverage dispensing apparatus can dispense beverages into the beverage container, the platform supporting the beverage container intermediate a base and dispenser of the beverage dispenser, the platform being positionable relative to the base between a first position and a second position, in the second position the platform being nearer to the dispenser than in the first position, said platform having a first orientation in the first position and a second orientation in the second position, said second orientation being inverted relative to the first orientation, the platform comprising:

• a peripheral sidewall having a first peripheral rim and a second peripheral rim;
• a central panel extending transversely within the peripheral sidewall intermediate the first and second rims to define a first drip tray facing the dispenser in the first orientation of the platform and a second drip tray opposite the first drip tray and facing the dispenser in the second orientation of the platform;
• a support plate having a support surface for seating the beverage container on the support plate in both the first and second orientations of the platform, the support plate being removably positionable relative to the peripheral sidewall such that in the first orientation of the platform the support plate is positioned on the first peripheral rim with the support surface facing the dispenser and in the second orientation of the platform the support plate is positioned on the second peripheral rim with the support surface facing the dispenser, the support surface having at least one opening therein through which beverage that drips onto the support surface can flow into the respective one of the first drip tray and the second drip tray;
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• a support extending away from the second drip tray to support the second drip tray when the platform is in the second position.