Apparatus and method for forming beverages using a beverage cartridge and sonic energy. A cartridge may include a sonic receiver, such as a feature that extends into an interior space of the cartridge and is arranged to receive a sonic emitter that introduces sonic energy into the interior space. The sonic receiver may be excited by sonic energy, which causes the sonic receiver to itself introduce sonic energy into the cartridge.

A food preparation system includes a food preparation machine with a receptacle for a food capsule and a fluid injecting member, and the food capsule including a capsule body, a cavity, a first end, an opening communicating with the cavity, a second end including at least one outlet communicating with the cavity, an injection wall, and at least one partition dividing the cavity into chambers containing a respective quantity of an alimentary substance and having at least one outlet with an independently-operable closure member in the second end. The injection means injects a quantity of fluid into the capsule through a single injection point, and a sealing member selectively blocks fluid communication between the chambers, resisting a pressure difference between the chambers of between 2 and 20 bar, preferably between 4 and 15 bar.

A beverage brewer spray apparatus includes a lid, a dispersal member, and a skirt. The lid has an obverse and converse surfaces. The dispersal member extends from the converse surface of the lid at an open proximal end of the dispersal member. The skirt has a proximal end fixed to and extending outward from the converse surface of the lid. The dispersal member has a sidewall and a closed distal end defining an interior of the dispersal member. The sidewall has apertures arranged in a distal section of the sidewall. The lid has a through-hole formed between the obverse and converse surfaces, and the dispersal member is fixed to the converse surface such that the through-hole provides fluid communication from the obverse surface of the lid to the apertures through the interior of the dispersal member. The apertures are configured to direct liquid outward from the dispersal member.

A beverage brewer spray apparatus includes a lid, a dispersal member, and a skirt. The lid has an obverse and converse surfaces. The dispersal member extends from the converse surface of the lid at an open proximal end of the dispersal member. The skirt has a proximal end fixed to and extending outward from the converse surface of the lid. The dispersal member has a sidewall and a closed distal end defining an interior of the dispersal member. The sidewall has apertures arranged in a distal section of the sidewall. The lid has a through-hole formed between the obverse and converse surfaces, and the dispersal member is fixed to the converse surface such that the through-hole provides fluid communication from the obverse surface of the lid to the apertures through the interior of the dispersal member. The apertures are configured to direct liquid outward from the dispersal member.

A disposal means for preparing a beverage from a particulate product, the means comprising a rigid base and a container to be filled with the particulate product, said container being formed of a liquid-permeable material, wherein the container has a flat mouth portion attached to the base by one part thereof, and the base being provided with at least one folding line. The base can be formed of a hard but readily flexible material such as plastic, cardboard and similar materials. The base can be provided with a holding member. The holding member can be in the form of a protrusion, a hook or an element punched from the central part of the base along an unclosed contour, such that the element can be bent away. The base can be provided with a recess. The folding line can be in the form of a crease, a weakened line, a perforated line, a partial cut, a combination thereof, or it can be obtained by another suitable method. The container can be formed of an easily compressible and liquid-permeable material such as cellulose, filter paper and other materials suitable for the proper function of the means.

An electronic stove incorporates a cylindrical outer shell and a concentric copper heater core. A foil heater surrounds the copper heater core and a heater control PCB carried in the outer shell is connected to the foil heater. A battery assembly has a cylindrical second outer shell carrying a battery pack. A power controller carried in the second outer shell is connected to the battery pack. A connector carriage is engaged between the battery assembly and cylindrical outer shell, extending through the shell of the battery assembly and received in the cylindrical outer shell aligned proximate a lower surface of the first outer shell whereby the lower surfaces of the first outer shell and the second outer shell are in planar alignment. A first contact set of a connector is connected to the heater control PCB. A second contact is connected to the power controller.

An open extract beverage dispenser and method for using the same. A storage device produces and stores liquid with nanobubbles, an extraction device is installed with an extraction part where a solid to be extracted is placed and a liquid storage part that accommodates the extraction part, and the storage device and extraction device are connected by a connection and circulation device. The extraction part and the liquid storage device are connected by a first conveyor in the connection and circulation device, which channels the liquid with nanobubbles to the extraction pant for mixing with the solid to be extracted; the extraction part and the liquid storage part are connected by a second conveyor in the connection and circulation device, which re-channels the liquid in the liquid storage part to the extraction part for re-mixing with the solid to be extracted.

The coffee dispenser disclosed herein may serve a single serving of coffee. The coffee dispenser may have a mixing chamber that combines one or more liquid concentrates and heated water, and dispenses a single serving of coffee. The coffee dispenser may have a forth control to select the forth level of the serving of coffee dispensed. The liquid concentrate may be a coffee extract.

A filter container includes a main part and a filter piece, the main part includes a surrounding portion, an opening, and a coupling portion, the opening and the coupling portion are respectively located at two opposite sides of the surrounding portion, the filter piece is arranged at the coupling portion.

The present disclosure is generally related to systems and methods for producing liquid extracts from a solid raw material, as well as related equipment. Certain aspects are related to the production of multiple liquid extract products using a single system by adjusting one or more displaceable fluidic pathway segments within the system to switch between first and second (or more) extraction configurations. In certain embodiments, a first liquid extract can be produced when the displaceable fluidic pathway segment is in a first configuration, and a second liquid extract (different from the first liquid extract) can be produced when the displaceable fluidic pathway segment in in a second configuration (different from the first configuration).