Permanent filtering pod for brewing beverages
OwnerMargaret E. Voss, Mary A. Pugliseinventors
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Abstract
A permanent, resilient filtering pod for brewing beverages which negates the necessity and costs of purchasing filters after each brewed cup provides an enclosed vessel to hold the brewed substance and prevents the brewed substances from spilling over the beverage brewing machine basket or clogging the spray nozzle of the beverage brewing machine yet allows the user to fill the pod with brewing substances purchased in bulk and to control the strength of the beverage brewed.
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A method for inserting brewing substances within a permeable, deformable and permanent filtering pod for brewing beverages, comprising:
- applying finger pressure to opposing sides of the deformable pod;
- deforming a sealed slit on the top surface of the pod to create an opening in the slit into a cavity within the pod;
- inserting a pre-selected amount of brewing substance into the cavity of the pod through the opened slit to vary the strength of the brew beverage to meet a particular desired taste level for the brewed beverage;
- releasing the finger pressure on the opposing sides of the deformable pod thereby returning to the pod to its non-deformed state so that the slit seals the opening into the cavity of the pod making the pod ready for brewing the beverage;
- wherein the pod includes an annular pod rim around the circumference of the pod, placing the pod rim on top of an inner rim of a brewing basket and generally horizontally disposed on the bottom portion of the basket on a brewer machine to hold the pod in place during the brewing process and passing a hot liquid through the sealed pod with the brewing substances therein to make the brewed beverage.
A method for inserting brewing substances within a permeable, deformable and permanent filtering pod for brewing beverages for use in a basket of a coffee brewer, comprising:
- applying finger pressure to opposing sides of the deformable pod;
- deforming a sealed slit on the top surface of the pod to create an opening in the slit into a cavity within the pod by applying finger pressure to its circumference;
- inserting a preselected amount of brewing substance into the cavity of the pod through the opened slit to vary the strength of the brew beverage to meet a particular desired taste level for the brewed beverage;
- wherein the slit seals the opening into the cavity of the pod so that the pod is securely within the basket of the coffee brewer making the pod ready for brewing the beverage;
- releasing the finger pressure on the pod to have the pod return to its normal non-deformed configuration so that the pod is securely resting in surface contact within the basket of the coffee brewer;
- dripping a hot liquid through the pod to brew to reach the desire level of the beverage in a cup located below the pod and dripping a hot liquid through the sealed pod with the brewing substances therein to make the brewed beverage.
A method for inserting brewing substances within a permeable, deformable and permanent filtering pod for brewing beverages for use in a basket of a brewing machine, comprising:
- applying finger pressure to opposing sides of the deformable pod;
- deforming a sealed slit on the top surface of the pod to create an opening in the slit into a cavity within the pod and feeding the pod through a bottom opening of the brewing machine basket to then rest on the inner rim of the basket to allow hot liquid to flow through the permeable pod in a cup or container beneath the pod;
- inserting a pre-selected amount of brewing substance into the cavity of the pod through the opened slit to vary the strength of the brew beverage to meet a particular desired taste level for the brewed beverage;
- releasing the finger pressure on the opposing sides of the deformable pod thereby returning to the pod to its non-deformed state so that the slit seals the opening into the cavity of the pod making the pod ready for brewing the beverage;
- and passing a hot liquid through the sealed pod with the brewing substances therein to make the brewed beverage.
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