Abstract: A coffee brewing system and method that includes a brew chamber that holds a brew solution during a brew cycle and dispenses the brew solution; a water system that dispenses water into the brew chamber; a content sensing system that measures the brew solution contents added to the brew chamber; a temperature control system with a heating element and a temperature sensor; at least one recirculating processing loop with a particle monitor system, wherein the recirculating processing loop circulates brew solution extracted from the brew chamber; and a control system that is communicatively coupled to the content sensing system, the temperature control system and the particle monitor system during a brew cycle, wherein the control system controls a brew cycle based on a selected a specified taste profile.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a tumbler for enabling an additive stored in a storage space to be added, in a fixed amount, to drinking water by a pumping means such that a user can drink the drinking water, and the present invention comprises: a drinking water tray of which an upper part is opened, and a lower end is shielded so as to form, on the inner side thereof, a storage space for storing drinking water or a beverage; an additive storage tray of which an upper part is opened, and a lower end is shielded so as to form a storage space in which an additive, to be drunk by being added to water, is stored.

Abstract: A beer making system may use a detachable vessel to contain liquid during the mashing and boiling steps, and may also be used during the fermentation steps of beer making. The beer making system may recirculate liquid through the vessel, then select between several flow paths during the beer making process. A removable reservoir system having a grain reservoir and several hops or adjunct reservoirs may be selected as a flow path, as well as a bypass flow path. A programmable controller may cause liquid to recirculate through a heater and one of the various flow paths, the sequence, timing, and temperature profile of which are defined in a recipe for a particular beer.

Abstract: A coffee maker with a drip tray (9) which serves for receiving coffee droplets falling from an outlet member of the coffee maker when a path between the outlet member and the drip tray (9) is free from interruptions such as a coffee cup. The drip tray (9) comprises a tray portion (91) and a cover (92) in which a convex droplet landing surface (93) for receiving droplets falling from the outlet member of the coffee maker is arranged. A coffee droplet dropping on this surface (93) breaks apart, gently flows off this surface (93), and is discharged to the tray portion (91) through a hole (95) arranged in the cover (92). In this way, a situation in which coffee splashes out of the tray portion (91) as a result of the direct impact of a coffee droplet is avoided, and the cleanliness of the coffee maker is enhanced.

Abstract: An apparatus for brewing tea in accordance with an aspect of the invention includes a brew chamber that holds water. An infuser disposed in the chamber holds tea leaves and allows the water to contact the tea leaves. A heater heats the water in the brew chamber. A control sets a tea characteristic of the tea leaves. The tea characteristic can include one or both of tea format (loose or bagged) and tea type. The control can also set tea strength. A control circuit communicates with the heater. The control circuit controls power to the heater to heat the water to a steep temperature and then controls power to the heater to maintain the steep temperature for a steep time. The control circuit determines the steep temperature and the steep time based on the set tea characteristic or characteristics. It can further determine steep time based on the set tea strength. The tea leaves steep in the heated water until the expiration of the steep time to produce a brewed tea.

Abstract: A device for production of a beverage by infusion of a ground substance for infusion includes an infusion chamber (2), for housing the ground product, a hot water circuit through the infusion chamber (2) and elements for circulating the hot water in the circuit. The device includes elements for reversing the flow of the hot water circuit through the infusion chamber (2).

Abstract: A coffee maker comprises a base, a main body, a filter unit, a sprinkling unit, and an upper cover. Mortises, a positioning groove, and a lower socket are disposed at the top and two sides of the base, respectively. The mortises, the positioning groove, and the lower socket correspond to tenons, a positioning post, and an upper socket at the lower portion of the main body to facilitate connection, dismantlement, and cleaning of the base and the main body. A transparent window is disposed at the front side of the main body, and an inner glass container is disposed in the main body. The filter unit and the sprinkling unit are received in the inner glass container. Through the transparent window and the inner glass container, one can view the situation of brewing coffee in the inner glass container, hence enhancing the fun of brewing coffee.

Abstract: A coffee maker comprises a base, a main body, a filter unit, a sprinkling unit, and an upper cover. Mortises, a positioning groove, and a lower socket are disposed at the top and two sides of the base, respectively. The mortises, the positioning groove, and the lower socket correspond to tenons, a positioning post, and an upper socket at the lower portion of the main body to facilitate connection, dismantlement, and cleaning of the base and the main body. A transparent window is disposed at the front side of the main body, and an inner glass container is disposed in the main body. The filter unit and the sprinkling unit are received in the inner glass container. Through the transparent window and the inner glass container, one can view the situation of brewing coffee in the inner glass container, hence enhancing the fun of brewing coffee.

Abstract: A coffee making machine includes a vessel that supports a fitter basket containing measure of coffee grounds for mixing with hot water in a generally conventional way. A re-circulating passage connects a bottom outlet of the vessel to a top of the basket. A pump and heat exchanger are provided in the re-circulation passage. The pump and heat-exchanger are controlled by a programmable controller unit so that brewing or coffee-making conditions are readily and adjustably controllable by a user.

Abstract: With respect to a filter with a fastening device for a coffee-making apparatus of the type where water is brought to a boil in a closed container, whereupon the water is pressed through a riser pipe into a funnel, where boiling water extracts aromas and flavour from the ground coffee, whereupon the finished coffee beverage is filtered back into the closed container through a filter placed at the outlet of the funnel, where the filter is fastened by means of a fastening device which reaches through the riser pipe, the objective is to to provide a filter where the aroma and flavour of the ground coffee is exploited as well as possible and where the filter offers a comparatively large filter surface for the finished coffee, and where the filter can easily be removed from the funnel and cleaned with a view to further coffee-making. Moreover, the filter must be easily replaceable by dismantling the handle and locking clip and fitting these on a new filter.

Abstract: A coffee making machine includes a vessel that supports a fitter basket containing measure of coffee grounds for mixing with hot water in a generally conventional way. A re-circulating passage connects a bottom outlet of the vessel to a top of the basket. A pump and heat exchanger are provided in the re-circulation passage. The pump and heat-exchanger are controlled by a programmable controller unit so that brewing or coffee-making conditions are readily and adjustably controllable by a user.

Abstract: According to this invention, this objective is met by a gasket (1) which is made from a soft plastic and has a central sleeve (8), the diameter of which is tightly fitted to the ascension pipe (5), as well as an outer, bell-shaped flange (9) with a shoulder (7), a skirt (10), a bead (11), and a flat part (12) linking the shoulder (7) of the bell-shaped flange (9) with the central sleeve (8), and where the bead (11) has been manufactured with internal fastening devices (3b), which have been designed to hook into corresponding fastening devices (3a) on the funnel (2), fastening the gasket (1) on the funnel (2), where the shoulder (7) of the bell-shaped flange (9) has a diameter greater than that of the skirt (10) of the bell-shaped flange (9), but smaller than the diameter of the bead (11).

Abstract: Coffee liquid extracting apparatus comprises an extractor vessel, a combined-use decanter that retains water for extraction, receives extracted coffee liquid and is usable for pouring coffee liquid into cups. A circulation path and a circulation pump transport the liquid from the combined-use decanter and pour the liquid into the extractor vessel. A circulating water heater heats water circulated by the circulation pump. A controller controls operation in response to a tap temperature operation switch to operate the circulation pump to circulate the water for a fixed time (T.sub.1) with the circulating water heater on for a fixed time (T.sub.0) limited to an early operation period, thereby pouring high temperature water for a fixed time (T.sub.0) limited to the early operation period and subsequently pouring unheated water.

Abstract: A coffee maker including a brewing and warming unit and a carafe, wherein the carafe has a hot plate at the bottom, and a downward annular flange raised from the bottom around the hot plate for supporting the carafe on a table top; the brewing and warming unit includes a base having a heat insulating rack and a concave heat insulating plate mounted within the heat insulating rack to hold a heating plate for heating the carafe, a lever controlled micro switch which is switched on when the carafe is placed on the heating plate or switched off when the carafe is removed from the heating plate, a first sensor which detects the temperature of the carafe, a second sensor which detects the temperature of the heating plate, and a control circuit driven by the micro switch to control the power of the heating plate subject to the detection result of the first sensor and the second sensor.

Abstract: A single chamber brewing device for brewing beverage has a single brewing chamber for receiving water and a brewing material such as tea, a thermally controlled heating element, and a thermally responsive valve for releasing brewed beverage from the brewing chamber into a container positionable underneath the brewing chamber. The heating element may be a heating and pumping element which pumps heated water into the brewing chamber to produce a dynamic flow within the brewing chamber to improve the brewing process.

Abstract: A percolator which includes a base, an electric heating circuit mounted in the base, a pot having a top opening, a spout extending from the top opening, and an upright guide tube, a filter mounted in the top opening of the pot and coupled to the upright guide tube, a handle fixedly secured to the pot, and a lid for covering on the the top opening of the pot over the filter, wherein the pot has a circular bottom hole, a heat-conductive cap fastened to the circular bottom hole to hold the guide tube in the pot, and an annular bottom flange around the circular bottom hole; the base comprises a circular hot plate disposed in contact with the heat-conductive cap, an annular groove disposed around the circular hot plate and forced into engagement with the annular bottom flange of the pot, a wire groove around the periphery, and a plug holder at the periphery; the handle has two pivot holes aligned at the top; the lid has a pivot pivotably and detachably connected to the pivot holes of the handle.

Abstract: A coffee percolator is provided with an inclined chamber extending upwardly and inclined toward the spout. The coffee basket is positioned away from the inclined surface of the percolation chamber so that coffee as it exits the basket runs uniformly across the surface of the coffee. A laser operated heating unit and a separated warming heater is used in order to enhance the quality of the brewed coffee.

Abstract: A microwave brewing device for producing freshly percolated measured quantities of coffee, and more particularly, a percolating device which is adapted to percolate coffee within a microwave oven. An open cup is adapted to be filled with water up to a specific level and volume adequate to brew at least a single cup of freshly percolated coffee beverage. The cup or the percolating device therein may be shielded with a shielding material which is impervious to the passage of microwave energy, and only the lower portion of the cup or percolating device may be provided with a gap or constituted of a microwave-transparent region permitting the passage therethrough of microwave energy in order to heat the water contained in the cup wherein the latter is positioned in the cavity of a microwave oven.

Abstract: Liquid beverage equipment for producing a consumable liquid beverage or a liquid beverage concentrate which can be mixed with a liquid diluent such as water to form a consumable beverage. The equipment includes a container for receiving a quantity of liquid such as lot water and a removable receptacle having a quantity of flavor imparting material therein with the receptacle being constructed to enable direct contact between the liquid and the flavor imparting material to form a liquid beverage which then can be removed from the container. The receptacle and depleted flavor imparting material are then removed from the container for disposal of the depleted flavor imparting material. The liquid fills the container to a predetermined level to remain in contact with the flavor imparting material for a predetermined time period before draining the liquid from the container.

Abstract: A coffee brewing appliance for making coffee by the percolation method in microwave ovens. The coffee maker is provided with a perforated metal enclosure with rounded edges to contain and protect the ground coffee particles from burning or charring which would otherwise be induced by microwave energy. The perforations are small enough to exclude microwave energy. The coffee maker is also provided with a housing which is microwave transmissive and which separates and insulates the metal portion from the microwave oven bottom and side walls. The housing and pump structures enhance the percolator pump action.

Abstract: Structure for maintaining and controlling qualitative and quantitative parameters of brewing, particularly related to coffee.

Abstract: A unit for independently storing liquids and heating and cooling in separate liquid containers that is adaptable for mounting in a vehicle, and preferably shaped to fit over the transmission hump of a vehicle floor. The heating and/or cooling means is a separate thermoelectric junction unit mounted to each container and powered by the electric supply of a built-in battery of the vehicle. The spigot of each container is connected to the outlet of a separate pump so that the spigot may be located above the bottom of the container. The thermoelectric junction of two tanks may be connected so that the passage of electricity through the connected junctions serves to cool one tank and heat the other. Alternatively, each junction may be fitted with a separate heat sink or cold sink.