Drink Pouch With Floating Inner Bag For Custom Brewing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing tea beverages on the market are pre-brewed and lack the experience of brewing, allowing users no control over brewing time or flavor, resulting in a monotonous drinking taste.
Innovation Solution
A drink pouch comprising an outer bag and a floating inner bag with a porous structure, allowing users to fill water and brew brewable substances like tea leaves and milk powder, with optional capsules for flavoring and accessories for added ingredients.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If tea beverages are pre-brewed and packaged, then convenience is improved, but brewing experience and flavor customization are lost
Solution Approach 1:
The beverage system is divided into separate components: a sealed outer package containing the beverage and a separate inner brewing pouch containing tea leaves. This segmentation allows the beverage to remain convenient and sealed while enabling users to experience brewing by controlling the inner pouch independently - submerging it in the beverage to extract flavor, then removing it when done.
Solution Approach 2:
The inner brewing pouch acts as an intermediary element between the sealed beverage package and the user's brewing experience. It provides the traditional brewing experience of steeping tea leaves while maintaining the convenience of a pre-packaged beverage system, as users can control the brewing process by submerging and removing the inner pouch as needed.
2Ease of manufacture
If fixed recipes are used in packaged beverages, then manufacturing simplicity is improved, but drinking taste variety is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system allows for local customization of flavor by separating the base beverage from the tea infusion. Users can control the brewing strength and flavor intensity by adjusting how long the inner pouch remains submerged, and can remove it at any time to stop brewing, providing variety in drinking taste without complicating the base beverage manufacturing.
Solution Approach 2:
The brewing process is made dynamic and adjustable by the user rather than fixed during manufacturing. Users can control the brewing time, intensity, and duration by submerging and removing the inner pouch as desired, creating variety in drinking taste while keeping the base beverage recipe simple and fixed for easy manufacturing.
3Ease of operation
If single-use packages are used, then convenience is improved, but repeated brewing and value are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system separates the single-use outer beverage package from the reusable inner brewing pouch. The outer package maintains convenience as a sealed, portable unit, while the inner pouch can be removed, cleaned, and reused for multiple brewing cycles, enabling repeated brewing and increasing overall value.
Solution Approach 2:
The design allows the inner brewing pouch to be recovered and reused after the outer beverage package is consumed. Users can remove the inner pouch from the finished beverage, clean it, and reuse it in new beverage packages, extending its lifespan and providing repeated brewing capability beyond single-use limitations.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables users to experience the fun of brewing and customize the brewing time and flavor, providing a multi-level drinking taste and increasing the value of the drink pouch by allowing repeated brewing.
Implementation Method 1
Water is able to be filled in the outer bag and brew the at least one brewable substance in the inner bag through the porous structure to form a beverage
Implementation Method 2
the inner bag containing the brewable substance is floatingly disposed in the outer bag. When a user wants to drink a beverage, the user may fill water in the outer bag. Then, the user may shake the outer bag, such that water can brew the brewable substance in the inner bag
Data Source
AI summary
A drink pouch includes an outer bag and an inner bag. The inner bag is floatingly disposed in the outer bag. The inner bag contains at least one brewable substance. A porous structure is formed on a surface of the inner bag. Water is able to be filled in the outer bag and brew the at least one brewable substance in the inner bag through the porous structure to form a beverage.