A METHOD OF DISPENSING A BEVERAGE, A BEVERAGE PREPARATION MACHINE, AND A SYSTEM

The present invention provides a method of dispensing a beverage comprising: a) inserting a beverage ingredient tablet (20) into a beverage preparation machine (30); b) measuring a surface finish of at least a portion of the beverage ingredient tablet (20) to identify the beverage ingredient tablet;...

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Main Authors CARR, Simon, YORK, Geoff, HANSEN, Nick, Andrew, BARTKUS, Egidijus, HALLIDAY, Andrew
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 30.05.2018
Subjects
APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
COFFEE
COFFEE MILLS
DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES
FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS
FURNITURE
HUMAN NECESSITIES
KITCHEN EQUIPMENT
MANUFACTURE, PREPARATION, OR INFUSION THEREOF
SPICE MILLS
SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
TEA
THEIR SUBSTITUTES
THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
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Summary:The present invention provides a method of dispensing a beverage comprising: a) inserting a beverage ingredient tablet (20) into a beverage preparation machine (30); b) measuring a surface finish of at least a portion of the beverage ingredient tablet (20) to identify the beverage ingredient tablet; c) configuring one or more dispense parameters of the beverage preparation machine (30) based on the identification of the beverage ingredient tablet (20); and d) operating the beverage preparation machine (30) to dispense a beverage by contacting the beverage ingredient tablet (20) with an aqueous fluid.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20130821940