Abstract: A coffee grinding apparatus comprising a coffee grinder, a removable filter holder and a cradle positioned below the coffee grinder, the cradle has above the filter holder a support shelf delimiting an opening passing the ground coffee, below the cradle an actuator actuates an activation switch of the coffee grinder, where a removable accessory contains the dispersion of ground coffee flowing towards a filter of the removable filter holder, the removable accessory formed by a sleeve connecting the opening in the support shelf to the upper mouth of a cup of the filter holder, the sleeve having a lower release and quick couple to the upper mouth of the cup and a removable upper engagement with the support shelf, the removable upper engagement comprising a perimeter flange of the sleeve resting on the support shelf, the sleeve being configured and arranged to interact with the actuator below the perimeter flange.

Abstract: The device for preparing a dose of ground coffee powder ready for infusion comprises a cup provided with a gripping handle and housing a filter containing said dose of ground coffee powder, a coupling support in which the cup is coupled separably, and a pressing piston that is engageable in the filter for pressing the dose of ground coffee powder, the pressing piston having anti-detachment means configured to prevent the detachment of the pressed dose of ground coffee powder from the walls of the filter when the pressing piston disengages the filter.

Abstract: A machine to prepare beverages includes at least one tank for the water fluidically connected to a filtering container suitable to contain an aromatic mixture; a pump to feed the water from said tank; a heating device to heat the water in transit; and a control and command unit connected to a user interface. The invention also concerns a method to prepare beverages.

Abstract: A machine to prepare beverages comprises at least a source (12) of water, fluidly connected, by means of a circuit (22), to a filtering container (13) suitable to contain an aromatic mixture (11) positionable on each occasion and to be subjected to brewing, a pump (30) to feed the water from said source (12) to said filtering container (13), a heating device (21) for the water, temperature sensor means (28) suitable to measure the temperature of the water in said circuit (22) downstream of said heating device (21), and a control and command unit (34).