Powdered beverage compositions, systems and methods
Assignee10th Avenue Tea LLC
InventorAnn E. FOLEY
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Abstract
A dry, flowable beverage composition includes a tea mixture, the tea mixture including between about 60 percent and about 90 percent by weight of non-matcha tea and between about 10 percent and about 45 percent by weight of matcha tea. The non-matcha tea comprises a soluble, powdered tea extract. The beverage composition is substantially free of fillers. The disclosure also contemplates systems for producing a beverage as well as methods of producing a beverage.
Claims20
A dry, flowable beverage composition, the beverage composition comprising:
- a tea mixture, the tea mixture including between about 60 percent and about 90 percent by weight of non-matcha tea and between about 10 percent and about 45 percent by weight of matcha tea;
- wherein the non-matcha tea comprises a soluble, powdered tea extract;
- wherein the beverage composition is substantially free of fillers.
A system for producing a beverage, the system comprising:
- a dry, flowable beverage composition, the beverage composition including a soluble, powdered beverage extract;
- a container, the container including a body and a lid, the body defining an interior chamber, the beverage composition disposed within the interior chamber of the body, the lid mounted to the body such that the lid is movable between an open position and a closed position, the lid when in the closed position preventing the beverage composition disposed within the interior chamber of the body from being dispensed therefrom, and the lid when in the open position permitting the beverage composition disposed within the interior chamber of the body to be dispensed therefrom, and wherein the body and the lid of the container are both made from metal.
A method of producing a beverage, the method comprising:
- disposing a supply of a dry, flowable beverage composition in an interior chamber defined by a body, the beverage composition including a soluble, powdered beverage extract;
- removably mounting a lid to the body, the lid including an inner shell and an outer shell, the outer shell being rotatably connected to the inner shell about a rotation axis, the inner shell and the outer shell each defining at least one opening;
- positioning the outer shell about the rotation axis with respect to the inner shell in an open position such that at least one opening of the outer shell being aligned with at least one opening of the inner shell such that the inner cavity is in communication with the exterior of the container via the aligned openings;
- dispensing an amount of the beverage composition from the interior chamber of the body via the aligned openings of the lid into water held in a cup.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.