Apparatus and method for controlling the taste of coffee, and a coffee maker comprising the apparatus

• Main Authors: Kelly, Declan Patrick, Wang, Guangwei, Hua, Qiao, Tan, Jingwei
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 28.09.2021
• Subjects: APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES; CHEMISTRY; COFFEE; COFFEE MILLS; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; FURNITURE; HUMAN NECESSITIES; KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; MANUFACTURE, PREPARATION, OR INFUSION THEREOF; METALLURGY; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL; TEA; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR SUBSTITUTES; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE

An apparatus for controlling the taste of coffee, a method of controlling the taste of coffee and a coffee maker including the apparatus. The apparatus includes a control unit, configured to determine a target pH value of water corresponding to a desired coffee taste, and a corresponding adjustment control signal; and a pH adjustment unit, configured to adjust, in response to the adjustment control signal applied to the pH adjustment unit, the pH value of water to be fed into a brewing unit of a coffee maker to the target pH value. In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, the pH value of water to be fed to a brewing unit of a coffee maker may be adjusted for a desired coffee taste.