Freeze-dried coffee powder and a method for the manufacture thereof

    公开(公告)号:US12048311B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-30

    申请号:US18219612

    申请日:2023-07-07

    IPC分类号: A23F5/32 A23F5/08 A23F5/36

    CPC分类号: A23F5/32 A23F5/08 A23F5/36

    摘要: The present invention provides a method for the manufacture of a freeze-dried coffee powder, the method comprising:



    providing a coffee extract having from 40 wt % to 55 wt % solids;
    adding gas to the coffee extract in an amount of from 1 NL/kg to 5 NL/kg of coffee extract, to provide a gas-containing coffee extract at above atmospheric pressure;
    depressurising the gas-containing coffee extract to form a foamed coffee extract;
    cooling the foamed coffee extract to below −40° C. without shear, or with low shear, to form a frozen coffee extract,
    grinding the frozen coffee extract to a powder; and
    drying the powder,
    wherein the step of cooling the foamed coffee extract to below −40° C. comprises:

    (i) cooling the foamed coffee extract to a first temperature;
    (ii) cooling the foamed coffee extract from the first temperature to a second temperature lower than the first temperature; and
    (iii) cooling the foamed coffee extract from the second temperature to below −40° C.,


    wherein the first temperature is 1° C. above a freezing point of the foamed coffee extract and wherein the second temperature is 3° C. below the freezing point,
    wherein step (ii) has a duration of from 5 to 90 minutes, preferably 10 to 60 minutes.

    ROASTING AND GRINDING APPARATUS FOR COFFEE BEANS

    公开(公告)号:US20230225561A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-20

    申请号:US18002539

    申请日:2021-06-04

    摘要: The invention relates to a roasting and grinding apparatus for coffee beans comprising a roasting device (50) and an associated grinding device (60); the roasting device (50) being configured for receiving coffee beans of a certain type that will be roasted, the roasting device (50) comprising reading means (53) to identify the characteristics of the coffee beans dispensed to it, the roasting device (50) further comprising a control unit configuring the roasting profile of the beans according to the characteristics retrieved from the reading means (53) and/or from the characteristics of the beans in a database (51) in this control unit and/or according to the user’s input; the roasted coffee beans being dispensed into a beans container (10, 20), the beans container (10, 20) comprising programmable identification means where product parameters of the roasted coffee beans of a certain type are encoded on it by an encoder (52) in the roasting device; the grinding device (60) comprising one or more housings for receiving one or more beans containers (10, 20); the grinding device (60) comprising a reader (62) to obtain the information of the product parameters of the roasted coffee beans of the one or more beans containers (10, 20); the grinding device (60) further comprising a control unit configured to adapt the grinding size and the quantity of roasted coffee beans to be delivered from the coffee beans containers (10, 20) for obtaining a certain coffee quantity and/ or a certain coffee blend quantity from each beans container to be grinded according to these product parameters and/or according to a recipes database (64), and/or according to the user’s input. The invention further relates to a method for roasting and grinding coffee beans using a roasting and grinding apparatus as the ones described, and to the use of such a roasting and grinding apparatus.

    COFFEE MACHINE WITH LEAK PREVENTING DEVICE AND WORKING METHOD THEREFOR

    公开(公告)号:US20180146820A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-31

    申请号:US15570372

    申请日:2016-04-28

    摘要: A coffee machine with a leak preventing device includes a main body, a chamber for containing liquid and coffee particles, a grinding assembly for grinding coffee particles, and a driving mechanism for driving the grinding assembly. The chamber is provided in the main body and the grinding assembly is provided in the chamber. The driving mechanism is provided with a driving shaft. A driving shaft hole is provided in a bottom of the chamber. The driving shaft is detachably connected to the grinding assembly through the driving shaft hole. The leak preventing device is provided at a position corresponding to the driving shaft hole and the leak preventing device is arranged to close the driving shaft hole when the driving shaft is detached from the driving shaft hole. In addition, a working method for the coffee machine with the leak preventing device is also provided.

    COFFEE MAKER AND COFFEE BREWING METHOD BASED ON COLOR

    公开(公告)号:US20180008088A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-01-11

    申请号:US15204573

    申请日:2016-07-07

    IPC分类号: A47J31/42 A47J31/40 A23F5/26

    摘要: A coffee maker and a method of brewing coffee are disclosed. The coffee maker includes a first roaster fitted, a second roaster fitted, and a funnel detachably attached to the first roaster providing a passage for a first amount and a second amount of coffee beans. Further, a grinder including a discharge door and a blade is detachably attached to a bottom of the funnel, a brewing container detachably attached to the bottom of the grinder. A color panel is included with a plurality of buttons, each of the plurality of the buttons corresponds to a color of a coffee desired after brewing, and a coffee-color controller configured to control the first temperature and the second temperature of the first roaster and the second roaster, respectively, based on the color of the coffee selected from the color panel.

    COFFEE PRODUCT
    8.
    发明申请
    COFFEE PRODUCT 审中-公开
    咖啡产品

    公开(公告)号:US20160295876A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-10-13

    申请号:US14654822

    申请日:2014-11-07

    IPC分类号: A23F5/08 A23F5/46 A23F5/40

    CPC分类号: A23F5/08 A23F5/405 A23F5/46

    摘要: The present invention relates to a process for the manufacture of a roast and ground coffee powder, the process comprising the steps of: • mixing roast and ground coffee with additional coffee oil; and • roller-grinding the mixture to a roast and ground coffee particle size having a D90 of 80 microns or less.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及一种制造焙炒和研磨的咖啡粉的方法,该方法包括以下步骤:将焙炒和研磨的咖啡与另外的咖啡油混合; 和•将所述混合物滚磨至具有80微米或更小的D90的焙烧和研磨的咖啡粒度。

    METHOD AND COMPOSITION USED FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF COFFEE LIQUOR
    10.
    发明申请
    METHOD AND COMPOSITION USED FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF COFFEE LIQUOR 审中-公开
    用于咖啡制造的方法和组合物

    公开(公告)号:US20160192672A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-07-07

    申请号:US15067457

    申请日:2016-03-11

    IPC分类号: A23F5/14 A23F5/08

    CPC分类号: A23F5/14 A23F5/04 A23F5/08

    摘要: A method for preserving the aroma of coffee in chocolate products, comprising the steps of roasting and grounding the coffee beans, blending cocoa butter with the coffee beans and milling the coffee beans under inert atmosphere using a mill mesh between 16 and 30 microns resulting in a powdered product, homogenizing the resulting suspension of cocoa butter with the powdered product. Then lowering of the temperature of the resulting composite mass to a temperature between 28 and 29 degrees Celsius and holding it for a period of time not less than 5 minutes and no more than 10 minutes, molding the composite mass to predetermined shapes, and then lowering temperature, resulting in a solid product.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于保存巧克力产品中咖啡香气的方法,包括以下步骤:将咖啡豆焙烧和接地,将可可脂与咖啡豆混合,并在惰性气氛下使用16至30微米的研磨筛研磨咖啡豆,从而得到 粉状产品,将所得的可可脂悬浮液与粉末状产品均化。 然后将所得复合材料的温度降低到28至29摄氏度的温度,并将其保持不少于5分钟且不超过10分钟的时间段,将复合材料模制成预定形状,然后降低 温度,产生固体产物。