Coffee machine having a brewing device and having a coffee post-heater arranged downstream of the brewing device

Abstract

The coffee machine () is used to prepare a brewed coffee beverage and to dispense the brewed coffee beverage through at least one coffee outlet () and has a brewing device (), which comprises a brewing unit () having a brewing chamber () for accommodating a predefined amount of coffee, a brewing-water supply line (), which is connected to the brewing unit () and which opens into the brewing chamber () and which feeds the brewing water into the brewing chamber (), and a device () for introducing the brewing water into the brewing chamber (). The device () for introducing the brewing water is designed to introduce the brewing water into the brewing chamber () through the brewing-water supply line () under pressure, wherein the brewing chamber () has an outlet () for the brewed coffee beverage and the brewing device () comprises a coffee dispensing line (), which coffee dispensing line () forms a continuous fluid connection for the brewed coffee beverage between the outlet () of the brewing chamber () and the coffee outlet (). The brewing device () has a coffee post-heater () for post-heating the brewed coffee beverage in the coffee dispensing line (), wherein the coffee post-heater () is arranged between the outlet of the brewing chamber and the coffee outlet () and is designed as a flow-through heater for heating the brewed coffee beverage while the brewed coffee beverage flows through the coffee dispensing line ().