Beverage making apparatus and method

摘要

The invention provides a beverage making apparatus comprising: a holder (11) for holding a capsule (1) containing a beverage brewing ingredient; a source of hot liquid and an injector (15) for injecting the hot liquid into the capsule (1) held in the holder (11) to brew a beverage component in the capsule; and a control system and display programmed to prompt a user to carry out the following sequential steps in response to a command to brew a multicomponent beverage:
(a) insert a first capsule containing a first beverage brewing ingredient into the holder;
(b) wait while a first beverage component is brewed from the first capsule;
(c) insert a second capsule containing a second beverage brewing ingredient into the holder; and
(d) wait while a second beverage component is brewed from the second capsule. The invention also provides systems comprising the claimed apparatus and two beverage brewing capsules, and methods of making beverages with the claimed apparatus.