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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2009
Josef Daburger, Siegsdorf-Hammer, DE;
Ulrike Gerl, Traunstein, DE;
Marijana Jerance Mitrovic, Oxford, GB;
Josef Daburger, Siegsdorf-Hammer, DE;
Ulrike Gerl, Traunstein, DE;
Marijana Jerance Mitrovic, Oxford, GB;
BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A method for producing crema in a coffee vending machine that has a flow-through heater for heating water and that is charged with substrate capsules which include a Venturi nozzle for crema production. The method includes a) heating the water in the flow-through heater; b) brewing ground coffee using the heated water in a brewing chamber in order to produce a coffee drink; and c) producing crema by mixing the coffee drink with a gas in the Venturi nozzle. In step c), at least one of two volumetric flows of the coffee drink or the gas is increased in the Venturi nozzle during a predetermined time interval.