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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2011
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 the fluid, includes a separating device arranged to separate a fraction of the beverage obtained with a prevalently liquid phase of the fluid from a further fraction of the beverage obtained with a prevalently steam phase of the fluid. A method for obtaining a coffee includes heating an extraction fluid so as to induce the passage of the extraction fluid through a dose of coffee to obtain the beverage, and separating a fraction of the beverage obtained with a prevalently liquid phase of the extraction fluid from a further fraction of the beverage obtained with a prevalently steam phase of said extraction fluid.