Method of brewing different types of beverages with a single brewer

a brewer and a technology of brewing methods, applied in the field of brewing beverages, can solve the problems of not being able to quickly lower or raise the temperature, no operator accessible control to change the automatically maintained set temperature, and brewers are often disabled from performing another brewing cycl
US20090258114A1Inactive Publication Date: 2009-10-15FOOD EQUIP TECH
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Authority / Receiving Office
US Β· United States
Current Assignee / Owner
FOOD EQUIP TECH
Publication Date
2009-10-15
Estimated Expiration
Not applicable Β· inactive patent

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Abstract

A method of brewing a fresh, hot beverage in a beverage brewer (10) having a brew basket (18) for holding ingredient to be brewed and a dispensing spray head (12) for passing water onto a top surface of a layer of ingredient supported within the brew basket (18) during a dispense period of a brew cycle uses a temperature selectable dispense system having an on-demand hot water heating chamber assembly (30) with a hot water chamber (86) having a volume substantially less than the volume of beverage brewed during a single brew cycle. An electrical heating element (98) of sufficient power quickly and substantially alters the temperature of the water in the chamber during a single brew cycle and a microprocessor controller (38) for controlling the heating element in response to temperature sensors (40, 42) to control the heating element (98) to selectively change the temperature of the hot water dispensed to the brew basket (18) during a single brew cycle. The controller (38) selectively controls the brewer (10) to brew different types of beverages, such as green tea, black tea, an different types of coffee, with dispense water at different preselected temperatures in response to a manually actuatable switch (72, 74, 76 and 78). The temperature of the dispense water may also be changed from a hotter temperature at the beginning of a brew cycle and a lower temperature during an end portion of the same brew cycle.
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0001] This application is a division of U.S. application Ser. No. 12 / 248,194 filed Oct. 9, 2008 which, in turn, claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. 119(e) of provisional patent application No. 60 / 998,840 of the present inventors filed Oct. 12, 2007, and entitled Multi-beverage Brewer with On-demand Variable Brew Water Temperature and Method.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0002] 1. Field of the Invention

[0003] This invention generally relates to methods of brewing beverages in electrical hot beverage brewers, such as electrical hot coffee brewers or hot tea brewers, and more particularly to methods of brewing in electrical brewers in which hot water is passed through an ingredient within a brew basket to make a freshly brewed beverage.

[0004] 2. Description of the Prior Art

[0005] Commercial sized hot beverage brewers of the type that pass hot water through a beverage ingredient such as ground coffee, instant coffee, tea leaves, instant tea, cocoa, etc. ar...

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