Method of dispensing a beverage, a beverage preparation machine, and a system

A method of dispensing a beverage comprising: a) inserting a beverage ingredient tablet (20) into a beverage preparation machine (30); b) measuring a characteristic associated with the thickness of at least a portion of the beverage ingredient tablet (20) to identify the beverage ingredient tablet (...

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Main Authors York, Geoff, Bartkus, Egidijus, Carr, Simon, Hansen, Nick Andrew, Halliday, Andrew
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 04.01.2022
Subjects
APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
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
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
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Summary:A method of dispensing a beverage comprising: a) inserting a beverage ingredient tablet (20) into a beverage preparation machine (30); b) measuring a characteristic associated with the thickness of at least a portion of the beverage ingredient tablet (20) to identify the beverage ingredient tablet (20); 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: US201314648218