Beverage cartridge
OwnerMichael Tuttleinventor
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Abstract
Beverage cartridges, and methods of assembly, are disclosed that include a housing, a filter extending across an interior of the housing dividing the housing into an upper portion and a lower portion, a beverage ingredient disposed within the upper portion of the housing, and a supplement ingredient disposed within the lower portion of the housing. With this configuration, beverage cartridges as provided herein can be used to prepare a mixed beverage containing the beverage ingredient as well as the supplement ingredient.
Claims20
A cartridge for preparing a beverage, the beverage cartridge comprising:
- a housing having an interior defined by a sidewall and bottom wall, and an open top;
- a filter extending across the interior of the housing dividing the housing into an upper portion and a lower portion;
- a beverage ingredient disposed within the upper portion of the housing between the filter and the open top;
- a supplement ingredient disposed within the lower portion of the housing;
- and
- a cover secured to the housing extending over the open top to seal the interior.
A method of preparing a supplemented brewed beverage using a beverage cartridge, the method comprising:
- discharging hot water into the beverage cartridge;
- intermixing the hot water with a beverage ingredient contained within the cartridge to create a brewed beverage;
- filtering the brewed beverage with a filter extending across an interior of the beverage cartridge to create a filtered brewed beverage;
- and
- intermixing the filtered brewed beverage with a supplement ingredient disposed in a lower portion of the beverage cartridge spaced from the filter to create a supplemented brewed beverage.
A method of assembling a beverage cartridge, the method comprising:
- depositing a supplement ingredient in a lower portion of a housing of the beverage cartridge;
- disposing a filter assembly into the interior of the housing;
- depositing a predetermined amount of beverage ingredient into the filter assembly;
- sealing an open top of the housing with a cover.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.