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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2005
Luciano Navarini, Trieste, IT;
Luca Mastropasqua, Trieste, IT;
Bruno Dellapietra, Duino Aurisina, IT;
Furio Suggi Liverani, Trieste, IT;
Luciano Navarini, Trieste, IT;
Luca Mastropasqua, Trieste, IT;
Bruno Dellapietra, Duino Aurisina, IT;
Furio Suggi Liverani, Trieste, IT;
Illycaffe' S.p.A., Trieste, IT;
Abstract
An apparatus for preparing a coffee beverage inducing the passage of an extraction fluid through a dose of coffee by heating said fluid, contains a separating device arranged to separate a fraction of said beverage obtained with a prevalently liquid phase of said fluid from a further fraction of said beverage obtained with a prevalently steam phase of said fluid; an apparatus for preparing a coffee beverage by imbibing a dose of coffee with an extraction fluid driven by heating through said dose, comprises an inhibition device arranged to inhibit said imbibing when said fluid contains a substantial steam phase; a method for obtaining a coffee beverage involves heating an extraction fluid so as to induce the passage of said extraction fluid through a dose of coffee to obtain said beverage and separating a fraction of said beverage obtained with a prevalently liquid phase of said extraction fluid from a further fraction of said beverage obtained with a prevalently steam phase of said extraction fluid is provided for.