Abstract: The present disclosure relates to instant beverage production equipment, including: a preparing device configured to prepare drinking ingredients of instant beverages in first cup bodies, or prepare drinking ingredients of instant beverages and add the prepared drinking ingredients into first cup bodies; a material adding device configured to add chewing ingredients of the instant beverages into second cup bodies, wherein one of the second cup bodies and the first cup bodies are selling cup bodies, and the other are non-selling cup bodies; a conveying device configured to pour the drinking ingredients or the chewing ingredients in the selling cup bodies into the non-selling cup bodies so that the drinking ingredients and the chewing ingredients are mixed into the instant beverages; a control device configured to coordinately control the preparing device, the material adding device and the conveying device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to in-place sterilization of a fermentation vessel assembly and media. Media can be contained in reagent bottles placed on the fermentation vessel assembly or can be contained in a fermentation vessel which is part of the fermentation vessel assembly. A removable shroud covers the fermentation vessel assembly and media during sterilization. Steam is applied inside the shroud for raising the temperature within the shroud to a sterilization temperature.