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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2013
Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.v., Utrecht, NL;
Nick Andrew Hansen, Banbury, GB;
Simon Carr, Banbury, GB;
Geoff York, Banbury, GB;
Andrew Halliday, Banbury, GB;
Egidijus Bartkus, Whippany, NJ (US);
Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V., Utrecht, NL;
Abstract
A method of dispensing a beverage comprising: a) inserting a beverage ingredient tablet () into a beverage preparation machine (); b) measuring a characteristic associated with the thickness of at least a portion of the beverage ingredient tablet () to identify the beverage ingredient tablet (); c) configuring one or more dispense parameters of the beverage preparation machine () based on the identification of the beverage ingredient tablet (); and d) operating the beverage preparation machine () to dispense a beverage by contacting the beverage ingredient tablet () with an aqueous fluid.