Beverage Brewing Product

• US 20170088345A1
• Filed: 12/12/2016
• Published: 03/30/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/22/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Southern Visions, LLP
• Original Assignee: Adam Paul Stewart, Paul Alan Stewart
• Inventors: Stewart, Paul Alan, Stewart, Adam Paul
• Granted Patent: US 9,725,232 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A23F 3/14 Tea preparations, e.g. using additives flavouring A23F3/40
• CPC Class Codes: A23F 3/40 Tea flavour; Tea oil; Flavouring of tea or tea extract synthetic tea flavours A23L27/20
• CPC Class Codes: A23F 5/14 using additives, e.g. milk, sugar; Coating, e.g. for preserving flavouring A23F5/46
• CPC Class Codes: A23F 5/46 Coffee flavour; Coffee oil; Flavouring of coffee or coffee extract synthetic coffee flavours A23L27/28
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 31/002 following a specific operational sequence, e.g. for improving the taste of the extraction product
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 31/0642 specially adapted to cooperate with a cartridge, e.g. having grooves or protrusions to separate cartridge from the bottom of the brewing chamber A47J31/0668 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 81/3261 Flexible containers having several compartments
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 85/60 for sweets or like confectionery products
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 85/808 for immersion in the liquid to release part or all of their contents, e.g. tea bags

Abstract

A beverage brewing product for brewing a sweetened beverage is disclosed which produces a sweetened beverage solution that can be mixed with a diluting liquid and which comprises at least one water permeable sieve wherein beverage material and granulated sweetener are contained. The beverage material and sweetener are brewed and dissolved during steeping in hot water to produce a sweetened beverage solution. The beverage solution, if concentrated, is then mixed with a proportioned amount of diluting liquid to make a consistently sweet beverage. This beverage brewing product may be used to produce a variety of consistently sweetened beverages, including tea, coffee, and lemonade.

Claims

1. A beverage brewing product for producing a concentrated solution for mixing with a proportioned amount of water to make a sweetened beverage comprising:

at least one water permeable sieve for placement in a container;

a flavored concentrate and granulated sweetener contained in said east one sieve;

wherein said granulated sweetener includes particles having a size in the range of U.S. mesh sieve nos. 3 to 35;

said permeable sieve having openings being generally smaller than the size of the particles of said concentrate and said sweetener for the retention of said particles of said sweetener and said concentrate; and

so that said particles of said sweetener are dissolved in said container during steeping in water and a concentrated solution is produced to be diluted with a proportioned amount of water for making said sweetened beverage.

2. The beverage brewing product of claim 1 wherein said at least one sieve comprises a first compartment containing said flavored concentrate and a second compartment containing said sweetener.

3. The beverage brewing product of claim 2 wherein said first compartment is disposed on top of said second compartment when placed in said container.

4. The beverage brewing product of claim 2 wherein said second compartment is disposed on top of said first compartment when placed in said container.

5. The beverage brewing product of claim 2 further including a fold seam between said first and second compartments so one of said compartments folds onto the other during steeping.

6. The beverage brewing product of claim 1 wherein said at least one sieve an open filter.

7. The beverage brewing product of claim 1 wherein said at least one sieve comprises a material selected from a group consisting of polymer, cotton, cellulose, and metal.

8. The beverage brewing product of claim 1 wherein said sieve contains a blend ratio of said flavored concentrate to said sweetener in the range of 1:

3 to 1;

80 by weight.

9. The beverage brewing product of claim 1 wherein said at least one sieve comprises an open filter and a pouch.

10. The beverage brewing product of claim 9 wherein said open filter and said pouch contain one of said flavored concentrate and said sweetener

11. The beverage brewing product of claim 9 wherein the position of said open filter relative to said pouch is selected from the group consisting of on top and underneath.

12. The beverage brewing product of claim 1 further including tea particles contained in said at least one sieve.

13. The beverage brewing product of claim 1 wherein said granulated sweetener includes sugar granules.

14. The beverage brewing product of claim 13 wherein said sieve contains a blend ratio of said flavored concentrate to said sugar granules in the range of 1:

3 to 1;

80 by weight.

15. The beverage brewing product of claim 1 wherein said sweetened beverage is of a flavor selected from the group consisting of lemonade, limeade, orangeade, cherryade, cranberry, peach, mango, raspberry, blackberry, and apple.

16. The beverage brewing product of claim 1 wherein said proportioned amount of water comprises ice to quickly cool and dilute said concentrated solution and produce said sweetened beverage.

17. The beverage brewing product of claim 1 wherein said granulated sweetener particles comprise agglomerated sweetener granules

18. A beverage brewing product for producing a sweetened beverage comprising:

at least one water permeable sieve for placement in a container;

beverage material and granulated sweetener contained in said at least one sieve;

wherein said granulated sweetener includes particles having a size in the range of U.S. mesh sieve nos. 3 to 35;

said permeable sieve having openings being generally smaller than the size of the particles of said beverage material and said sweetener for the retention of said particles of said sweetener and said beverage material; and

so that said particles of said sweetener are dissolved in said container during steeping in water and said sweetened beverage is produced.

19. The beverage brewing product of claim 18 wherein said granulated sweetener particles comprise agglomerated sweetener granules.