A portable hydration device for use with a portable hydration system is described. The portable hydration device comprises a housing having an inlet, configured to be in fluid communication with a reservoir of water, and an outlet configured to be in fluid communication with a mouthpiece; the housing defining a throughbore connecting the inlet and the outlet. The device also includes a receptacle configured to contain an additive and a selector. The selector is movable between an engaged position in which the selector is engaged with the receptacle and a disengaged position in which the selector is disengaged from the receptacle. In the engaged position the selector permits fluid communication between the receptacle and the throughbore and in the disengaged position the selector prevents fluid communication between the receptacle and the throughbore. The selector defines a throughbore, the selector throughbore being aligned with the housing throughbore in the engaged and the disengaged positions.

A beverage brewing apparatus including a brewing module, an ingredient providing module, a drink providing module and a control unit is provided. The brewing module is adapted to brew at least one drink and at least one ingredient in a beverage cup. The ingredient providing module is adapted to provide the at least one ingredient into the beverage cup. The drink providing module is adapted to provide the at least one drink into the beverage cup. The control unit is adapted to control the brewing module, the ingredient providing module and the drink providing module according to a brewing procedure corresponding to the at least one drink and the at least one ingredient.

The invention relates to a disposable cartridge filled with a single serve portion of a liquid ingredient to be combined with a base liquid for the preparation of a liquid product, e.g. a beverage concentrate to be combined with water, e.g. carbonated water, for the preparation of a beverage suitable for human consumption. The cartridge comprises a vertically extending channel that extends to a dispensing aperture in the bottom of the cartridge and one or more dispensing passages extending between a reservoir and the outside of the cartridge. The dispensing passages are provided with outlet openings located adjacent the aperture such that the base liquid and the liquid ingredient are dispensed in parallel flows, the liquid ingredient subsequently coating the exterior of the stream of base liquid, such that actual mixing of the liquid ingredient and base liquid only takes place after both have been dispensed.

The invention relates to a capsule for containing a substance for preparing a beverage by placing the capsule in the cavity of a piston. The capsule has a body with a rim and a sealing ring which is attached to the lower wall of the rim. The sealing ring has an upper face bearing on the lower wall of the ring and a free lower face. The capsule has an inner bearing surface and an outer bearing surface each projecting from the rim forming a groove that is arranged to sealingly receive the peripheral edge of the piston during the preparation of the beverage. At least the outer bearing surface is formed on an inner wall of a ring and formed in one part on the free lower face of the sealing ring.

Capsule containing a substance for the preparation of a potable beverage, the capsule having an aluminum capsule body having a side wall and an outwardly extending flange and a sealing member at the outwardly extending flange for providing a fluid sealing contact with an enclosing member of a beverage preparation device. The beverage preparation device comprises an annular element having a free contact end which may be provided with a plurality of radially extending open grooves. The sealing member is integral with the outwardly extending flange and comprises a projection. The sealing member comprises a single annular projection comprising a projection top projecting from an inner projection foot radially outside of a flat inner flange portion extending between the capsule body side wall and the projection and an outer projection foot radially inside of a flat outer flange portion extending between the projection and the curled outer edge. The flat outer flange portion is axially spaced from the flat inner flange portion towards the bottom of the capsule body or the flat outer flange portion and the flat inner flange portion are in line the flat outer flange portion and the flat inner flange portion are in line and a radially outer wall of said projection is oriented transverse to the flat outer flange portion.

An uncovering device of a capsule coffee machine, includes a machine body; a first brewing assembly provided in the machine body, the first brewing assembly which includes a brewing head and a brewing seat, a cover body assembly, a sealing cover, a sliding groove extending from the rear side to the front side of the cover body assembly provided in the lower cover, a sliding shaft provided in the sliding cavity, a connecting rod assembly, wherein both ends of the sliding shaft are located at the opposite sides of the sliding groove; wherein one end of the connecting rod assembly is rotatably connected to the sliding shaft through the sliding groove, another end of the connecting rod is rotatably connected to the brewing seat or the brewing head of the first brewing.

A beverage machine and method in which a pod is positioned relative to a camera as a brew chamber moves to a closed position so the pod can be imaged prior to brew chamber closure. A pod stabilizer may urge a pod to be received by a pod receiver of the brew chamber before the brew chamber is closed and so as to properly position the pod for imaging.

Proposed is a device for producing a beverage, more particularly a cold beverage, comprising a cartridge mount having a cartridge holder for holding a cartridge filled with a beverage substance, wherein: the cartridge holder has a receiving opening; the cartridge holder has a water supply for introducing water into the cartridge and a compressed air supply for introducing compressed air into the cartridge; the cartridge holder can be transferred between a loading position, in which the cartridge can be inserted into or removed from the receiving opening, and an operating position, in which a beverage can be produced in the cartridge and dispensed from a beverage outlet of the cartridge by the introduction of the water and the compressed air into the cartridge and by the interaction of the water with the beverage substance; the cartridge holder has a first holding element and a second holding element between which the receiving opening is formed; the first holding element is moveable in relation to the second holding element in order to transfer the cartridge holder from the loading position to the operating position or from the operating position to the loading position.

A mobile self-contained coffee shop consists of a body and a lid, inside which there is a coffee machine for coffee in capsules or coffee pods, a water tank, connected to the coffee machine, an autonomous power source connected through an inverter to the coffee machine, a container for powder milk with a dispenser, a container for consumables, a container for used capsules, on the body there are buttons for controlling the coffee machine, and on the side surface of the body there is a hole in which the outlet of the coffee machine is located, the outlet of the dispenser and the stand for packaging cooked beverage.

A portable self-contained beverage brewing apparatus and methods of use to brew a beverage using a brewing cup, utilizing an inner container to receive the finished brew, the inner container having a lower cap removeably affixed to a bottom end of the inner container, the lower cap having a orifice therethrough, the orifice having a piercing tip to puncture a brewing cup, the inner container having a groove positioned around an outer perimeter edge to receive a seal ring, an outer container to receive hot water, the outer container configured to receive the inner container, the lower cap, and the seal ring in a plunger sliding motion, wherein liquid is pressurized by downward force of inner container pushing liquid through orifice, through brewing capsule, and pushing brewed beverage into inner container.