BEVERAGE BREWING DEVICES

摘要

Improved capsules for holding in an interior space a portion of a product for preparing a liquid food product such as a beverage in a food product preparation apparatus (1) are provided. The capsule comprises at least one divider (215, 216; 315-319; 415-418; 635; 736) for dividing the interior space into a plurality of separate compartments (C1, C2, C3) comprising at least a first and second compartment (C1, C2). At a predetermined time during preparation of the liquid product a particular component may be dispensed and/or the components of two or more compartment may be mixed. Preferably, said capsule is configured to be deformable for being emptied by compression of the capsule. An apparatus may comprise an actuator for cooperating with the capsule. Improvements to methods of preparing food products from capsules are also provided herein.