Methods for producing liquid extracts
AssigneeKalenian Coffee Consulting LLC
InventorPaul A. Kalenian
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Abstract
The present disclosure is generally related to systems and methods for producing liquid extracts from a solid raw material, as well as related equipment. Certain aspects are related to the production of multiple liquid extract products using a single system by adjusting one or more displaceable fluidic pathway segments within the system to switch between first and second (or more) extraction configurations. In certain embodiments, a first liquid extract can be produced when the displaceable fluidic pathway segment is in a first configuration, and a second liquid extract (different from the first liquid extract) can be produced when the displaceable fluidic pathway segment in in a second configuration (different from the first configuration).
Claims21
A method of producing a plurality of liquid extracts from a solid raw material, comprising:
- establishing a flow of a solvent through a bed of the solid raw material within a primary extraction pathway to produce a first liquid extract;
- displacing at least a portion of the raw material from the primary extraction pathway to a secondary extraction pathway;
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- extending a solid body to make contact with the portion of displaced raw material such that the solid body compresses the portion of displaced raw material to produce a compressed raw material and a second liquid extract from the portion of displaced raw material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.