Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Qiao Hua

Declan Patrick Kelly

Jingwei Tan

Guangwei Wang

Wen Sun

Yafang Jin

Huangli Chen

Ningning Zhao

Junping Deng

Zhouye Chen

Jianan Wang

Qizhong Lin

Xiaowei Hong

Ling Tong

Thanasis Loupas

Jingping Xu

Lin Li

Provided is an apparatus () for preparing a food puree comprising a chamber () for containing food ingredients and a steam supply () for supplying steam to the chamber for steaming the food ingredients. A liquid supply () supplies a liquid to the chamber and an agitator () purees the steamed food ingredients in the presence of the liquid to obtain the food puree. A user interface () permits user selection of a texture of the food puree. A controller determines a steam parameter and a liquid amount to be supplied by the liquid supply according to the user selection. The controller further controls the steam supply and the liquid supply according to the determined steam parameter and liquid amount. Further provided is a method for preparing the food puree.

Apparatus and method for preparing a food puree

An apparatus for controlling the taste of coffee, a method of controlling the taste of coffee and a coffee maker including the apparatus. The apparatus includes a control unit, configured to determine a target pH value of water corresponding to a desired coffee taste, and a corresponding adjustment control signal; and a pH adjustment unit, configured to adjust, in response to the adjustment control signal applied to the pH adjustment unit, the pH value of water to be fed into a brewing unit of a coffee maker to the target pH value. In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, the pH value of water to be fed to a brewing unit of a coffee maker may be adjusted for a desired coffee taste.

Apparatus and method for controlling the taste of coffee, and a coffee maker comprising the apparatus

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