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Coffee beverage and methods

A technology of coffee and ground coffee, applied in single-cup coffee equipment, manufacturing, marketing and distribution, which can solve the problems that users cannot ensure fresh coffee, short shelf life, and non-recyclable packaging

Active Publication Date: 2020-05-12
STEEPED INC
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Problems solved by technology

However, existing systems for single-serve packaged coffee have considerable disadvantages
One of the disadvantages is the need for a machine to push water through the capsule
Another downside is that single serve coffee has a negative impact on the environment as the packaging is not recyclable or not easily compostable
Another downside is that these packages have a short shelf life, and users may never be sure of getting fresh coffee

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[0018] figure 1 is a front view of an end use assembly 100 comprising a single serve rectangular coffee filter bag 103 carrying ground coffee 106 with a label 104 connected to the filter bag by a wire 105, all within a protective outer envelope containing gas 107 101 and in a form that can be provided to end users. The outer envelope is shown partially cut away (line 102) to show the filling of ground coffee, filter bag with label and line, and insufflation of gas inside the outer envelope.

[0019] figure 2 is a side cross-sectional view of assembly 100 along section line 2-2.

[0020] In this example, the filter bag is relatively large, approximately 3 inches by 3.5 inches, providing sufficient surface for water to pass through the filter bag to the ground coffee inside, and the overall dimensions of the outer envelope 101 are approximately 4 inches by 5 inches. In this example, the filter bag holds approximately 10-15 grams of ground coffee. In some embodiments, the ra...

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Abstract

A single-serve coffee package has an outer envelope having one folded edge and three heat-sealed edges, comprising 95% by weight materials that are compostable and demonstrate bio-degradability, a filter bag fully within the outer envelope, having one folded edge and sealed edges, forming a closed envelope having opposite sides, each side comprising one layer of filter material, fully compostableand biodegradable, the filter material exhibiting a plurality of openings through the material, enabling water to pass through, the openings having no dimension exceeding a minimum dimension, a volumeof grains of ground coffee within the filter bag, dimensions of the grains precluding coffee grains passing through the openings through the filter material, and an atmosphere of gas within the outerenvelope, enveloping the filter bag and the coffee grains, the gas inert relative to materials exposed within the outer envelope.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to the field of coffee beverage technology, and more particularly, to single-serve coffee devices and methods of manufacturing, marketing and distributing such devices. Background technique [0002] It is well known in the art to provide tea (and in some cases coffee) in single serve packages such that the coffee or tea can be prepared by adding hot water or in some cases cold water. However, existing systems for single serve packaged coffee have considerable disadvantages. One of the disadvantages is the need for a machine to push the water through the capsule. Another downside is that single serve coffee has a negative impact on the environment as the packaging is not recyclable or not easily compostable. A further disadvantage is that these packages have a very short shelf life, and users may never be sure of fresh coffee. There are many other such problems, and many improvements that could be made. [0003] There i...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): B65B29/02B65B29/04B65B31/02B32B3/04B32B3/06B32B5/26B32B37/02B32B37/04
CPCB65D85/808B65D85/812B65D81/2084B65B29/04B65D85/8085B65B29/028B65B31/00B65D65/466Y02W90/10B65D75/52B65D81/20B65D65/46B65D65/40B65B7/02B65B61/20B65B61/26
Inventor J·P·威尔伯
Owner STEEPED INC