A process for preserving the organoleptic characteristics of coffee-based products and extending their shelf lives, comprising the steps of roasting the green coffee beans and placing it in a chamber with an inert gas atmosphere, first milling of the roasted coffee beans under inert gas conditions to a size between seventy five (75) and five hundred (500), second milling the previously milled roasted coffee beans under refrigerated conditions to ensure that the size of the bean particles fall between ten (10) and thirty (30) microns and jet milling the first and second milled coffee beans using a closed, or semi-closed, loop of inert gas jet mill to bring the bean particles' size between one tenth (0.1) and less than ten (10) microns resulting in an ultrafine powder. Micro-encapsulating or agglomerating the ultrafine powder by spraying the ultra-fine powder with food ingredients in a closed or semi-closed loop fluid bed drier (or cooler) within a refrigerated inert gas environment, resulting in coated roasted whole coffee granules.

Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to systems and methods for processing biomaterials in the absence of atmospheric oxygen and products resulting from such processes. Such processing techniques may dramatically increase the shelf-life expectancies of roasted and milled biomaterial products when the roasted and milled biomaterial products are not exposed to oxygen during processing.

A capsule for the preparation of a beverage from beverage powder, in particular of coffee from ground coffee, by introduction of water into the capsule comprises a pellet composed of a powder mixture, wherein the pellet is sheathed with at least one coating layer comprising a crosslinked polysaccharide, wherein the powder mixture of the pellet contains i) a polysaccharide-comprising powder having a first average particle size A and ii) a) a polysaccharide-comprising powder having a second average particle size B different from the first average particle size A and/or b) a filler having an average particle size C different from the first average particle size A or identical to the first average particle size A.

Aspects of the present invention generally relate to systems and methods for processing biomaterials in the absence of atmospheric oxygen and products resulting from such processes. Such processing techniques may dramatically increase the shelf-life expectancies of roasted and milled biomaterial products when the roasted and milled biomaterial products are not exposed to oxygen during processing.

The present invention provides a method of dispensing a beverage comprising: a) inserting a beverage ingredient tablet (20) into a beverage preparation machine (30); b) measuring a surface finish of at least a portion of the beverage ingredient tablet (20) to identify the beverage ingredient tablet; c) configuring one or more dispense parameters of the beverage preparation machine (30) based on the identification of the beverage ingredient tablet (20); and d) operating the beverage preparation machine (30) to dispense a beverage by contacting the beverage ingredient tablet (20) with an aqueous fluid.

The present invention discloses an edible component (1) that is derived from coffee and adapted for being part of edible products (2) presenting a portion of edible substance (3), whereby said edible component (1) is further adapted for providing at least one of a passive and active function to said portion of edible substance (2) and that includes at least one compound selected from the group that includes polysaccharides and chlorogenic acids extractable from coffee or a coffee derivate.

The present invention further discloses a system of edible products (2) presenting said edible component (1), as well as a use of said system of edible products (2).

The present invention discloses an edible component (1) that is derived from coffee and adapted for being part of edible products (2) presenting a portion of edible substance (3), whereby said edible component (1) is further adapted for providing at least one of a passive and active function to said portion of edible substance (2) and that includes at least one compound selected from the group that includes polysaccharides and chlorogenic acids extractable from coffee or a coffee derivate.

The present invention further discloses a system of edible products (2) presenting said edible component (1), as well as a use of said system of edible products (2).

The present invention relates to coffee beverage compositions comprising soluble coffee solids and particles of roast coffee beans and with reduced formation of scum and a low content diterpenes. The invention further relates to methods of producing such coffee beverage compositions by removal of oil from a slurry of particles of roast coffee beans.

The present invention relates to coffee beverage compositions comprising soluble coffee solids and particles of roast coffee beans and with reduced formation of scum and a low content diterpenes. The invention further relates to methods of producing such coffee beverage compositions by removal of oil from a slurry of particles of roast coffee beans.

Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to systems and methods for processing biomaterials in the absence of atmospheric oxygen and products resulting from such processes. Such processing techniques may dramatically increase the shelf-life expectancies of roasted and milled biomaterial products when the roasted and milled biomaterial products are not exposed to oxygen during processing.