Drain for beverage forming machine

摘要

Disclosed is a method and apparatus for draining a component of a beverage forming system (1) such as a coffee brewer. A tank (53) used for holding and/or heating a beverage precursor liquid may be automatically drained. A beverage forming machine (1) including a drain system (66) may be self-contained in that the liquid drained from the tank (53) is held by another tank (80) that is part of the beverage forming machine (1) . The tank (80) into which the drained liquid is deposited may be removable from the beverage forming machine (1) .