A coffee brewer and a method of brewing coffee or another beverage with hot liquid, including tea, are provided. The brewer includes a container with an inner volume, a closed end and an open end. A lid includes an inside with an inner area and an outside with for sealing attachment to the open end. An outlet and a manually actuated sealed valve, open or close a flow path between the container and the outlet. A coffee filter is secured to the inside of the lid, in the flow path flow path between the container and the outlet. The outlet is located to allow pouring of coffee while actuating the valve, whereby the valve of the coffee brewer can be actuated from a closed position to an open position with the closed end facing up and the container above the lid, without spilling coffee on an operator actuating the valve.

A device to provide in-line flavor for water or other liquid stored in a container. An example device includes a body having a cylindrical shape chamber formed therein, and an opening on a first end of the body. A cartridge holder fits within the chamber of the body and retains a flavoring therein for the water or other liquid. The cartridge holder has a plurality of openings for the water or other liquid to flow through. When a user drinks from the drinking end, the water or other liquid flows from the container and through the housing and mixes with a flavoring from the cartridge holder before being drawn through to the drinking end so that the user drinks a flavored water or other liquid.

A drug decocting container comprises a cover body (1), an inner-layer container, and an outer-layer container. The inner-layer container is em-bedded in the inner part of the outer-layer container, the strength of the outer-layer container is larger than that of the inner-layer container, and the outer-layer container supports the inner-layer container and controls deformation of the inner-layer container. The cover body (1) is connected with the inner-layer container in a sealing way to form a sealed cavity, and a liquid inlet and a liquid outlet are provided on the sealed cavity. An inner pipe (3) is supported by a high-strength outer pipe (2) in the drug decocting container, such that the wall thickness of the inner pipe (3) can be thin, thereby reducing costs of the inner pipe (3), providing a condition for disposable use of the inner pipe (3), and preventing drugs from influencing each other by residues in the inner pipe (3) so as to affect the quality of a beverage while decocting different drugs. Decoction pieces are separated by multi-stage baffle plates (4), thereby reducing pressure of the decoction pieces on a filter piece (5), and increasing the flowing speed of extract liquor.

A blender jar comprises a container portion defining a blending chamber and having an open top end, a lid for selectively closing off the open top end of the container portion, one or more selectively rotatable blades extending into the blending chamber, and an insert selectively insertable into the blending chamber. The insert comprises a tubular central body having (i) a side wall defining a central chamber and an open top end and (ii) a floor at least partially closing off a bottom end of the central body, a flange projecting circumferentially outward from the central body, and a plurality of fins projecting outward the lower portion of the central body. One or both of the floor and a lower portion of the central body having a plurality of holes defined therein.

A blender jar comprises a container portion defining a blending chamber and having an open top end, a lid for selectively closing off the open top end of the container portion, one or more selectively rotatable blades extending into the blending chamber, and an insert selectively insertable into the blending chamber. The insert comprises a tubular central body having (i) a side wall defining a central chamber and an open top end and (ii) a floor at least partially closing off a bottom end of the central body, a flange projecting circumferentially outward from the central body, and a plurality of fins projecting outward the lower portion of the central body. One or both of the floor and a lower portion of the central body having a plurality of holes defined therein.

Coffee machine (10) comprising a machine frame (12), a pot (14) which has a bottom wall (16), a circumferential side wall (18), an inlet opening (20) provided in an upper portion of the pot (14), and an outlet opening (22) provided in a lower and outer portion of the pot (14), wherein the pot (14) is mounted to the machine frame (12) in a manner so as to be pivotable relative to the machine frame (12) about a horizontal pivot axis (24) between a coffee preparation position and a coffee distribution position, in which the outlet opening (22) is positioned at a lower vertical level than in the coffee preparation position, a valve mechanism (26) including a closure element (28), wherein the closure element (28) and the pot (14) are movable relative to each other between a closed position, in which the closure element (28) closes the outlet opening (22).

There is described a hand-held brewing and extracting pipe and method for coffee and tea.

A dip-type extraction bag having a bag main body in a planar shape, being formed of a water-permeable filter sheet and filled with an extraction material, wherein the extraction efficiency is improved by providing the body with a specific gripping portion formed from a thin plate-like material and regulating the characteristics of the sheet. The extraction bag includes a bag main body, a thin plate-like member provided on an outer surface thereof, and an extraction material sealed in the bag main body, which is subjected to extraction. The bag main body is a flat bag that has two facing surfaces. The thin plate-like member has a gripping portion that protrudes or is able to protrude from an upper side or the outer surface of the bag main body. The bending resistance (41.5? cantilever method in JIS L 1913:2010 (ISO method)) of the water-permeable filter sheet is 0.09 to 6.0 mN.Math.cm.

A dip-type extraction bag having a bag main body in a planar shape, being formed of a water-permeable filter sheet and filled with an extraction material, wherein the extraction efficiency is improved by providing the body with a specific gripping portion formed from a thin plate-like material and regulating the characteristics of the sheet. The extraction bag includes a bag main body, a thin plate-like member provided on an outer surface thereof, and an extraction material sealed in the bag main body, which is subjected to extraction. The bag main body is a flat bag that has two facing surfaces. The thin plate-like member has a gripping portion that protrudes or is able to protrude from an upper side or the outer surface of the bag main body. The bending resistance (41.5? cantilever method in JIS L 1913:2010 (ISO method)) of the water-permeable filter sheet is 0.09 to 6.0 mN.Math.cm.

A cold beverage extractor includes a container; and an ultrasonic atomizer that is mounted to the container and being operable to accelerate extraction of at least some compounds from a substance dissolved in a water-based solvent when the water-based solvent is in the container so as to be in contact with the ultrasonic atomizer.