Abstract: The present invention discloses a vessel, comprising: an essentially cylindrical vessel body having an opening, a cylindrical wall and a cylinder base; a first groove formed in the cylindrical wall and extending in axial direction at least a predetermined portion of the vessel body; and a second groove formed in the cylindrical wall and extending in axial direction at least a predetermined portion of the vessel body; wherein the first groove is an orientation groove defining the orientation of the vessel with respect to a guide of a fluid extraction apparatus; and wherein the second groove is a coding groove identifying the type of vessel; and a vessel extraction apparatus, adapted to extract fluid form a plurality of vessels, comprising: a plurality of receiving openings, wherein each opening is adapted to receive one of the vessels; wherein a first protrusion and a second protrusion are associated to each receiving opening; wherein the first protrusion is adapted to engage with a first groove of a vess

Abstract: The present invention discloses a beverage supplementation device for a beverage dispenser, adapted to supplement a beverage flowing from a beverage source to a beverage sink with a plurality of supplementation fluids, comprising: a plurality of beverage conduits, wherein each beverage conduit comprises a beverage inlet that is adapted to be coupled to the same beverage source supplying beverage to be supplemented, and wherein each beverage conduit comprises an outlet; and at least two supplementation conduits, wherein each supplementation conduit has a supplementation inlet adapted to be coupled to a supplementation source providing at least one supplementation fluid, wherein each supplementation conduit is coupled with a different supplementation source and wherein each supplementation conduit comprises an outlet; wherein the outlet of each supplementation conduit is connected to a different beverage conduit; and wherein the outlets of the beverage conduits are coupled with the same beverage sink.