Beverage mixing system and process

A beverage mixing system, comprising:

• a housing body having a container receiving portion to support a bounded container containing a potable liquid;
• a mixing arm coupled to the housing body to engage a mixing element of a pod that houses a nutraceutical composition;
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• in response to the pod being positioned between the bounded container and the mixing arm, a controller unit to cause the mixing arm to engage the mixing element of the pod and to urge the mixing element into the bounded container to cause at least some of the nutraceutical composition to be transferred from the pod into the bounded container, the controller unit thereupon causing the mixing element to agitate the nutraceutical composition and the potable liquid together in the bounded container,
• wherein the mixing arm is securely engaged with the mixing element so that responsive to the mixing arm being retracted from the bounded container, the mixing element is also thereby retracted simultaneously.

A beverage mixing system, comprising:

• a housing body having a container receiving portion to support a bounded container containing a potable liquid;
• a mixing system having a mixing head that is operable to move up and down and a mixing arm coupled to the housing body via the mixing head to engage a mixing element of a pod that houses a nutraceutical composition, the mixing element including a plurality of radially projecting paddles or blades or fans and an upwardly projecting stem that securely engages the mixing arm so that responsive to the mixing arm being retracted from the bounded container, the mixing element is also thereby retracted simultaneously, the mixing arm being operable to at least partially rotate simultaneously or independently from movement of the mixing head, the pod being receivably retained at a position above an opening to the bounded container, the pod forming a second bounded container holding the nutraceutical composition until the mixing element is urged into the bounded container;
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• a controller unit to cause the mixing arm to engage a portion of the upwardly projecting stem of the mixing element inside of the pod and to urge the mixing element into the bounded container to cause at least some of the nutraceutical composition to be transferred from the pod into the bounded container, the controller unit thereupon causing the mixing element to agitate the nutraceutical composition and the potable liquid together in the bounded container, the agitation of the nutraceutical composition includes any one or more of varying or oscillating a depth of engagement between the mixing arm and the bounded container, or varying a duration of the agitation, or reversing a direction of rotation of the mixing element, or oscillating the mixing element, or moving the mixing arm around within the bounded container, or varying a frequency of the agitation, or varying a speed of the agitation.