Starbucks Corporation

Starbucks Corporation Dba Starbucks Coffee Company

David Doucette

Randy Hulett

Izaak Koller

Brian Shay

Jeff Allison

Marc Singer

Dan Apone

Glenn A Klecker

Stephen Hoyt Hancock

John Andrew Johnson

Roland Horth

Amanda L Juris

Steve Frankovich

Peter Wesley Bristol

Jared I Drinkwater

Harold Alexander Brown

Levi Makaio Miller

Harold A Brown

Peter Bristol

Tomislav Lakovic

Chris Doughty

Frank Roth

David Stephen Zucker

Amanda Juris

Glenn Klecker

Apparatuses, systems, and methods for brewing a desired portion of a beverage, such as a single-cup portion of coffee, are provided. The system can include one or more hopper assemblies configured to provide a controlled dose of beverage material to a brew chamber. The system can also include a water input system configured to wet the ground beverage material as the grinds enter the brew chamber and substantially prevent steam from reaching grinder components of the system. Further, the system can include an automatic cleaning mechanism such that a user does not need to manually clean components of a brewing machine between brew cycles.

Apparatuses, systems, and methods for brewing a beverage

A system for brewing a desired portion of a beverage, such as a single-cup portion of coffee, is provided. The system may have more than one brew module. The system allows a user to quickly and easily brew a variety of types of single-cup portions of a beverage. In some embodiments, the system may brew a single-cup portion of coffee in a relatively short period of time based on a combination of certain parameters. The system may include an automatic cleaning mechanism such that a user does not need to manually clean components of a brewing machine between brew cycles. The system may also include apparatus configured to substantially prevent steam from reaching grinder components of the system. The system may also include apparatus configured to provide a precise dose of material based on, for example, volume of the material. Methods and apparatus for brewing a beverage are also disclosed.

Apparatus, systems, and methods for brewing a beverage

A cooking environment is described for allocating power between multiple cooking systems and providing a calculated amount of energy to a cooking system. The cooking systems can each include a receptacle and a heating/cooling element to heat a product within the receptacle. A controller can receive requests for power from the cooking systems. Based on the requests for power, the controller allocates an amount of time within a time period in which the heating/cooling elements of each cooking system receive electrical energy. The controller can also allocate specific intervals within the time period in which the heating/cooling elements receive electrical energy.

Cooking system power management

Beverage brewing apparatus

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David Doucette