STABLE COFFEE CONCENTRATE SYSTEM

摘要

A BEVERAGE SYSTEM THAT CONTAINS A COFFEE BASE CONCENTRATE AND COFFEE AROMA FOR PROVIDING A COFFEE BEVERAGE. THE COFFEE BASE CONCENTRATE HAS A SOLUBLE COFFEE SOLIDS CONCENTRATION OF AT LEAST 10BY WEIGHT AND IS FREE OF COFFEE AROMA. THE COFFEE BASE CONCENTRATE AND THE COFFEE AROMA ARE STORED SEPARATELY AND ARE COMBINED UPON RECONSTITUTION FOR PROVIDING A COFFEE BEVERAGE. SEPARATE STORE OF THE COFFEE BASE CONCENTRATE AND THE COFFEE AROMA INCREASES THE STABILITY OF THE SYSTEM. THE COFFEE BASE CONCENTRATE AND/OR AROMA COMPONENTS MAY BE FURTHER TREATED TO IMPROVE STABILITY, INCLUDING FOR EXAMPLE ADDING ALKALI, AND/OR TREATING THE COFFEE BASE CONCENTRATE TO REMOVE ACID PRECURSORS, AND/OR PROTECTING ONE OR BOTH COMPONENTS FROM OXYGEN, AND/OR STORING ONE OR BOTH COMPONENTS AT REDUCED TEMPERATURE.