Coffee and tea pod

• US 8,327,754 B2
• Filed: 05/09/2005
• Issued: 12/11/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/22/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
• Original Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
• Inventors: Kirschner, Jonathan, Green, Charles Bradley, Heinsz, Louis Joseph
• Primary Examiner(s): ALEXANDER, REGINALD
• Application Number:
  US10/908,350
• Publication Number:
  US 20050183581A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,773 Days
• Field of Search: 992/95, 993/23, 426/433, 426/77, 426/115
• US Class Current: 99/295
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 31/3633 Means to perform transfer from a loading position to an infusing position
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 31/3642 Cartridge magazines therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 85/8046 Pods, i.e. closed containers made only of filter paper or similar material
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 85/8061 Filters

Abstract

A pod for holding an amount of mixable material. The pod may include a circular sidewall and a base. The base may include a number of apertures. A substantially stiff filter paper may be positioned about the base.

Claims

1. A coffee pod, comprising:

a substantially rigid sidewall;

a substantially rigid base;

a lid; and

coffee grinds positioned therein;

wherein over seventy-five percent (75%) percent of said coffee grinds comprise a particle size distribution of between about 200 and about 300 microns.

2. The coffee pod of claim 1, wherein over eighty percent (80%) percent of said coffee grinds comprise a particle size distribution of between about 220 and about 250 microns.

3. A method of brewing a beverage with the coffee pod of claim 1, comprising passing water at about nine (9) to about eleven (11) bar through said pod for about eight (8) to about fifteen (15) seconds.

4. A pod for holding an amount of mixable material, comprising:

a substantially rigid sidewall;

a substantially rigid base; and

a lid;

said sidewall comprising an inside diameter and a usable height extending from said base to said lid;

said usable height and said inside diameter comprising a ratio of less than about 0.44;

wherein the substantially rigid sidewall and the substantially rigid base substantially resist deformation at about at least 10 bar.