Beverage capsule with green coffee extract and method of making said extract
AssigneeNestec S.A.
InventorsValerie Martine Jeanine Leloup, Yves Allenbach, Johanna Hendrika Schoonman
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of producing an extract of green coffee wherein green coffee beans are subjected to a heat treatment and extracted without being roasted.
Claims16
A method of producing a coffee extract, comprising:
- a) heat treating green coffee beans at a temperature of between 100° C. and 180° C. for at least 5 minutes and maintaining the moisture level between 6% and 20% of the total weight of the coffee beans;
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- b) extracting the treated coffee beans of step a) to produce a liquid coffee extract,
- wherein the coffee beans and/or the coffee extract is not subjected to roasting.
A capsule for preparing a beverage by injection of a fluid, comprising a closed chamber and a member for allowing the beverage to flow out of the chamber, the closed chamber of the capsule comprising ground green coffee beans that have has been heat treated at a temperature of between 100° C. and 180° C. for at least 5 minutes while maintaining the moisture level between 6% and 20% of the total weight of the coffee beans, the green coffee beans have not been subjected to roasting.
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