Beverage brewing system

摘要

A beverage cartridge system is adapted to brew a beverage through a brewer having a holder adapted to receive the cartridge system. The holder may have a deep well with one or more needles therewithin to pierce through the bottom of the cartridge system when inserted into the well. The cartridge system may include a short cup and a tall cup, where the tall cup is taller than the short cup to pack more beverage grind. The cartridge system may include a filter within an outer cup. The bottom of the filter may be deep enough to be juxtaposed to the bottom of the cup. The filter may be formed from a material that is substantially resistant to piercing by the needle within the holder such that when the outlet needle pierces through the bottom of the cup, the outlet needle raises the filter at a point of contact, and the filter substantially resists the outlet needle from piercing through the filter during a brewing process.

主权项

1. A method of brewing a beverage from either one of a first beverage cartridge having a beverage ingredient therein and a second beverage cartridge having a beverage ingredient therein, which is taller than the first beverage cartridge, with a brewer having an inlet needle, a first outlet needle, and a second outlet needle, the method comprising the steps of:
piercing the first beverage cartridge with the inlet needle and, at a first predetermined piercing location within the brewer, piercing the first beverage with the first outlet needle; not piercing the first beverage cartridge at a second predetermined piercing location within the brewer, that is vertically offset from the first predetermined piercing location, with the second outlet needle; injecting liquid into the first beverage cartridge with the inlet needle; and draining beverage from within the first beverage cartridge with the first outlet needle.