Refillable pod can be reused to brew a beverage with a single-serve brewer. The refillable pod has a funnel at about six O'clock position near the front of the cap to drain the beverage without substantially coming to contact the brewing mechanism. The refillable pod may have a handle which can be used by the user to insert the refillable pod into the brewer so that funnel can be positioned at about six O'clock position within the brewing mechanism.

A beverage brewing material filter cup includes a receptacle configured to receive and hold brewing material. The receptacle includes a base, a sidewall, and a rim. The base has a peripheral edge. The sidewall extends outward from the peripheral edge of the base and terminates in an opening. The rim surrounds the sidewall opening to form an outside perimeter of the receptacle. At least the base and/or the sidewall is at least partially constructed of a water-permeable material.

A single dose unit (1) for brewed coffee, which comprises an upper layer (3) and a lower layer (4), both of which are filter elements (3a) made from cellulose fibers and other synthetic fibers, and traces of plastic fibers, thus consisting of a fully biodegradable filter element (3a), with the upper and lower layers (3 and 4) sealed in a circular manner, forming a sealing edge (5) with a pouch for ground coffee (CF) between the layers, and an injector device (2) disposed in the center of the upper layer (3) in a specific production process of perforation and sealing, as well as the process of brewing the brewed coffee in a coffee maker, with an upper spreader (15b) and a lower spreader unit (15) both provided with longitudinal grooves (22) in order to obtain brewed coffee without any pressure.

A capsule containing a powdered food substance comprises a body including a lower wall and a lateral wall, and a lid fixed to the body. The lid and a central portion of the lower wall are pierceable to allow the injection of water into and the extraction of a beverage from the capsule. Between the lid and the lower wall, there is a permeable filter, which retains the powdered substance, the filter including a layered sheet of flexible material fixed to the body, and separating the powdered substance from the central portion. The sheet of flexible material is shaped to form, at the central portion, at least one projection towards the lid. At the projection the filter is distanced from the central portion and there is a compartment, located between the filter and the central portion, where a piercing element can be inserted following penetration through the central portion, without damaging the filter.

A portion capsule for producing a beverage. The portion capsule includes a capsule body that has a collar edge and a capsule bottom; a filter element located inside of the capsule body, the filter element is elastic, the filter element has a flange that is attached to the collar edge of the capsule body, the filter element has a bottom; and a cover attached to the capsule body. The bottom of the filter element is spaced apart from the capsule bottom such that a free space remains between the filter element and the capsule bottom. The filter element is spaced apart from the capsule bottom in such a manner that only before a liquid is applied to a beverage substrate, does the filter element not touch the capsule bottom.

A beverage preparation capsule containing a beverage preparation ingredient, having a body with side walls formed from one or more substantially air- and liquid-impermeable sheet materials defining a chamber containing a beverage preparation ingredient and further defining an outlet channel having an upstream end in fluid communication with the chamber for escape of beverage from the chamber. At least a region of the outlet channel is filled by a filtration material for filtering the beverage escaping from the chamber. Also provided is a clamp assembly for preparing a beverage from such a capsule, the clamp assembly comprising two or more clamp members, wherein an inner wall of at least one of the clamp members comprises a concave base surface for receiving the capsule and one or more pressure pads projecting from the concave base surface for selectively constricting a region of the capsule.

A single-serving coffee pod includes: a hollow capsule having an opening at a first end thereof and at least one smaller opening in a second end thereof opposite the first end; a filter disposed within the capsule; a plurality of whole coffee beans located within the capsule; and a removable covering disposed over the opening of the capsule.

Systems and methods have demonstrated the capability of rapidly cooling the contents of pods containing the ingredients for food and drinks.

A brewing material container for a beverage brewer includes a receptacle and a lid, The receptacle is configured to receive and hold beverage brewing material and to be placed in a brewing chamber of the beverage brewer, and includes a base, and a sidewall extending from the base and terminating in an open end. The lid is configured to engage with the open end of the sidewall to at least partially cover the open end. The lid includes a number of lid openings configured to receive a corresponding respective number of injection nozzles of the beverage brewer. The receptacle base and/or the receptacle sidewall includes a receptacle opening configured to allow fluid flow from an interior of the receptacle to an exterior of the receptacle.