Oil-Based Coating for Brewing Filters to Infuse Medicinal Components
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current brewing technologies for coffee, tea, and other beverages lack a method to effectively integrate pharmaceutical, holistic, or medicinal components into brewing filters or screens, limiting their ability to enhance the health benefits or flavor profiles of brewed products.
Innovation Solution
A process involving an oil-based solution with an edible oil carrier, food-grade emulsifiers, and pharmaceutical, holistic, or medicinal components is applied to brewing filters or screens, which are then used in brewing apparatuses like single-cup systems or flavoring containers, allowing for the infusion of these additives into beverages during the brewing process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional brewing filters or screens are used, then the brewing process is simple and compatible with existing systems, but the ability to integrate pharmaceutical, holistic, or medicinal components is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The brewing filter or screen is pre-treated with an oil-based solution containing pharmaceutical, holistic, or medicinal components before use. This preliminary action allows the components to be integrated into the brewing system in advance, eliminating the need for complex real-time integration during the brewing process itself.
Solution Approach 2:
An oil-based solution serves as an intermediary carrier to deliver pharmaceutical, holistic, or medicinal components onto the brewing filter or screen. This intermediary approach enables the integration of active components without directly modifying the brewing filter structure or requiring complex delivery mechanisms.
2Adaptability or versatility
If pharmaceutical, holistic, or medicinal components are added to the brewing process, then the health benefits and flavor profiles of beverages are enhanced, but the compatibility with existing brewing systems may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The oil-based solution is applied to the brewing filter or screen in controlled amounts (0.26-0.75 grams), and the solution composition is optimized with specific ratios of edible oil carrier (50-80%), emulsifier (1-14%), and pharmaceutical/holistic/medicinal component (4.8-30%). These parameter changes ensure the components are delivered effectively while maintaining compatibility with existing brewing systems.
3Productivity
If oil-based solution is applied to brewing filters or screens, then medicinal components can be infused into beverages, but additional processing steps are required
Solution Approach 1:
The brewing filter or screen is pre-treated with the oil-based solution containing medicinal components before the actual brewing process. This preliminary preparation step consolidates the infusion mechanism into a one-time treatment, allowing standard brewing processes to subsequently extract the components without requiring additional processing steps during brewing.
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
This approach enables the incorporation of medicinal or holistic components into beverages, enhancing their health benefits and flavor profiles, while ensuring compatibility with various brewing methods and products, including hot and cold drinks, and carbonated beverages.
Implementation Method 1
spraying (or otherwise applying by dipping, soaking, and the like, for example) the oil-based solution onto the brewing filter or screen
Implementation Method 2
preparing an oil-based solution including: an edible oil carrier, a food grade emulsifier and at least one of a pharmaceutical, holistic or medicinal component additive
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure provides for brewing apparatus, such as a disposable brewing pod, filter, beverage screen, or tea bag, treated with an oil-based solution comprising a lipid component; an emulsifier; and a pharmaceutical, holistic, or medical component. Brewing apparatus may be sprayed with a spray gun, such as a high volume low pressure spray gun, a precision bottle-top dispenser, or an automatic apparatus configured to apply an oil-based solution to the brewing apparatus. The brewing apparatus may be filled with a product to be brewed and packaged for individual use. The present disclosure additionally provides for a brewed drinkable product produced using brewing apparatus treated with an oil-based solution comprising a lipid component; an emulsifier; and a pharmaceutical, holistic, or medical component. The end product may be a hot or cold product.