A beverage system for providing a coffee beverage. The beverage system contains a coffee base concentrate and coffee aroma. The coffee base concentrate has a soluble coffee solids concentration of at least 10 % by weight and is free of coffee aroma. The coffee base concentrate and the coff ee aroma are stored separately and are combined upon reconstitution for providi ng a coffee beverage. Separate store of the coffee base concentrate and the coffee aroma increases the stability of the system.
